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 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
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