Just a brief update on the Armitage rd. drainage & prothonotary warblers: the DEC division which looked into the drainage found no violations occurred but another division will also assess the situation. Alyssa Johnson from the Montezuma Audubon Center checked the prothonotary nestbox there (she didn’t have a screwdriver to open it so just peeked inside as best she could) & said it appeared that there was a nest but no eggs or young were apparent. The nestbox was pretty full of moss & since, according to Audubon literature, the male adds a small amount & then the female fills the box almost to the entrance hole w/more moss, leaves, twigs, & bark, it’s possible that it was used for a nesting & that the young had fledged. Brad Carlson & I had the 1st eBird report there this year on 5/6, a male (obviously he could have been there prior to our sighting). Females typically arrive a week or so later & since the incubation period is 12-14 days but the nestling phase is only 10-11 days it’s possible that they completed a nesting cycle. Let’s hope that was the case & not that they abandoned the site. The last eBird report is 6/7. Kyle Gage
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