I heard a merlin twittering on Christopher Circle/Christopher Lane yesterday evening, although hadn’t seen activity on it. I have not scoped it recently.
> On Jun 16, 2016, at 6:26 PM, John Confer <con...@ithaca.edu> wrote: > > Not good news, overall, for Merlin nests. > > The Titus Ave. nest, and the Dryden nest, and the City Cemetery nest have all > failed. I saw red-tails in the vicinity of two of the nests. The sticks in > two of the nests were dis-assembled, allowing light to penetrate where it had > been opaque, suggesting a struggle with a predator. > > The Wells College nest, the Christopher Lane nest, and now maybe, perhaps the > new Congregational Church nest, may still be active. I never located the > possible nest near Freeze Rd. despite 4 trips of over an hour each from > ~6:30-7:30. Darn. Thanks for the input! > > John Confer -- 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/ --
