Date: 5/17/26 12:07 pm From: Geo Kloppel <geokloppel...> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] pair of Merlins in Trumansburg
Thanks, Jared! Your sighting of a pair at 8 South Street is very interesting. That’s about half a mile from the Merlin nest out by the Trumansburg High School. I had a look at that nest just yesterday afternoon around 3:30, and the female was quietly incubating. It’s a big sturdy-looking nest, deep enough that she’s often invisible up there, but I watched her stand up, turn around and settle right back down again. I doubt she and her mate would have been loitering the previous day in a walnut tree half a mile distant. And I would love to think that your birds might be the pair that has gone missing from Trumansburg's northside, where they nested for quite a few years around Congress Street, Washington Street etc. -Geo
On May 17, 2026, at 1:41 PM, Jared Dawson <jaredwdawson...> wrote:
On Friday 15 May at 8 South St across from the Methodist church parking lot, there were two perched Merlins, a male and a female, in a large black walnut tree. This was after hearing and observing them flying in and around a hemlock behind the church. Geo Kloppel earlier reported a nest on the school property to the SE but I wonder if this were the same couple nesting, would not one be on or around the nest and not so distant from it? I had to move on after 15 minutes of watching the pair rather separate in this tree preening and quietly perched. I will try and get back to the area to watch for a possible new nest site.Cheers, Jared DawsonTrumansburg-- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: <Cayugabirds-L...> Archives: The Mail Archive: //www.mail-archive.com/<cayugabirds-l...>/maillist.html" class="hft-urls">https://www.mail-archive.com/<cayugabirds-l...>/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org. --
