Date: 5/20/26 10:48 am From: Wes Blauvelt <ravenbarnconsulting...> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] pair of Merlins in Trumansburg
Geo & Jared - I stopped by South Strret this morning. The nest is in a
large White Pine tree in front of 12 South Street. One bird flew to the
nest while I was there and later flew to a perch in an adjacent Walnut
tree. I’ve attached a photo of the nest. Wes
On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM Geo Kloppel <geokloppel...> wrote:
> 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 Dawson
> Trumansburg
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