Also in southern Covert around dawn: copulating American Kestrels and a singing Eastern Meadowlark in the fields on the west side of Congress St Ext between Bates Rd. and Seneca Rd.
On Sat, Apr 4, 2020, 7:42 PM <jaredwdaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Happiness is waking up to a foraging Eastern Phoebe in our silver maple > tree, first of the season for us in Trumansburg, and then spending an hour > watching the Osprey pair building their nest on the cell tower just south > of the village of Covert. > We had extended views of male repeatedly making trips close by us to pick > up sticks and clumps of vegetation and then returning to the nest where the > larger female sat on the edge of the nest, occasionally going to the nest > under construction and moving things a bit while the male was out, but most > of the arrangements were made by the male. A member of our group also > reported that copulation occurred, while we were dispersing, cinching the > male-female ID. > Good birding > Jared Dawson > Trumansburg > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
