Normal level of Cayuga Lake is 382 ft. but on Mon. I read that it was at 384 ft.. The underside of the docks here at Frontenac Park have been used for yrs. by the rough-wings for nesting. I watched several swallows sitting on, or flying over the docks on Mon. a.m.. Perhaps they were the males with the females caught in the nests as the water rose & no way to escape since the water was several inches above the bottom of the docks. On Tues. the level was even higher.
The N. rough-wings also nest in the cinder block holes of the park bathhouse. We're once again enjoying the "flying cigars" ... chimney swifts flying over the Union Springs Academy grounds. Fritzie On 6/17/2015, Suan Yong wrote: I was at RH Treman SP Sunday afternoon watching a northern rough-winged swallow fly in and out of one of the holes in the stone wall holding up the changing room plateau, just downstream from the swimming area. Last year there was an occupied hole high in the wall, just a few feet from the top (10 feet above water level?). This year's hole was much lower, probably five feet above water level. Based on some of the flash flood footage from youtube, it's very likely this nest hole got inundated. Suan On Jun 17, 2015, @ Elm Beach, Ellen Haith wrote: With a rise of a couple of inches in the lake level at this site, the Northern Rough-Winged Swallow has decided that, after all, she would prefer to nest under the UPPER section of the dock! -- 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/ --
