There has also been a calling pair off and on since the beginning of April in the vicinity of Craft Road and Brook Way in the Village of Lansing. On a few occasions in recent weeks they were frequenting a grove of Norway Spruces on Brook Way as well as a dense stand of White Pines near the dermatology practice on Craft, but they don't seem to be consistently faithful to either location. There has been a successful breeding pair of Cooper's Hawks (using old crow nests) near these locations in recent years, so I'm wondering if the Merlins were checking out some of the old Cooper's/crow nest sites.
-Scott On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:28 AM Karen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to reports of many on this list serve, I have located 11 Merlin > territories this year for Tompkins County, but so far no known nests. > > South Hill near Oak Manor, Fairmount Ave. near Elmwood, Gimme Coffee, > Tareyton Rd/Murial area, Dryden west of Agway, Freeville, just west of > Yellow Barn Rd. near Rt. 38, The Parkway near school, Trumansburg, Jennings > Pond, and a possible pair near Christopher Lane and Brandywine. That is 11 > pair, but I haven't found any nests yet. The females should be incubating > now and the pair is less vocal. With noisy time in the last two weeks of > nestlings and shortly after fledging in about 6-8 weeks, we may well match > last year's county high of 12 pairs. > > Any information appreciated. > > Thanks, John > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <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/[email protected]/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/ --
