Date: 4/16/25 11:40 am From: James Kimball <kimball...> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Blue Jay and Merlin(s)
As I was walking home a little after noon today, right at the corner of Wadsworth St. and University Ave. (Geneseo), I saw a Blue Jay flying in with a beak full of twigs. It landed in a tree and plucked a few more twig. i continued watching to see if I could see where it might be building its nest - but very quickly afterward a Merlin (the female) came diving down toward the Jay, which flew down and safely away. The Merlin soared up and around and settled near the top of that same tree - just then another Merlin (male) flew in and by the first Merlin and then off to a nearby pine tree. I still haven’t determined where or if they are nesting, but I see one or the other Merlin every day in the area around, University Dr., Wadsworth St. Main St. and that corner of campus near the science buildings and lot A.
