N. Titus x Plain x Center Sts: I watched the male Merlin fly toward, briefly perch, and fly away from a bundle of sticks in an exceptionally tall Sycamore along Center St., which parallels N. Titus and is the next street north. Not proof, but an indication of an actual, active nest. The nest might be 70-80 feet high in the western part of the crown of an immense tree, which is itself the western-most of a row of sycamores. It really seems impervious to human disturbance partially because of the height and partially because there is already "disturbance" from cars, bicycles, kids, and adults with barking dogs under the nest. I'd love to know of confirming observations of activity at the nest. It may well be that incubation is just starting and will last ~30 days, so feeding of nestlings is a long way away.
Probable Fish Crow nest with activity today (05/06/15) is in a tall pine just east of Meadow Court Motel, not behind restaurant as I said previously. Cheers, John -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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