Date: 3/6/26 9:58 am From: Geo Kloppel <geokloppel...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Taughannock Ravens building
I’ve been wondering what the Taughannock Falls Ravens would do this year, after last year’s loss of their young from the exposed nest-ledge near the great falls, which ocurred on the same date that the Peregrines’ newly-hatched young were taken. This morning I found the Ravens trying to build a nest farther upstream, in the same little overhung niche where they had attempted (and failed) to build two years ago. The problem then was that the floor of the niche tilts outward, and their sticks kept falling into the gorge. I’m not sure what new skills they might be able to bring to this challenge. I’ve been watching for a good while. They’re determined…
The trail-fence kick-out nine fence-posts upstream from marker #14 on the South Rim Trail points directly across the gorge at the niche, which now has a few sticks in place and vines hanging down.
