Date: 4/2/26 7:12 pm From: Candace E. Cornell <cec222...> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Merlin survey help
Thank you for doing this survey.
Candace
On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM <anneb.clark...> wrote:
> And I will add: if you note Merlins interacting with crows ( fish crows or
> American crows) I would love to know that.
> It would be particularly useful to know what bird actually built the
> nest used by a Merlin pair, and if it was a last springs nest or a newly
> built 2026 nest!
>
> Any hints will help us.
>
> Thanks Anne Clark
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 2, 2026, at 8:14 AM, Stephanie P. Herrick <sph1...> wrote:
>
>
> A pair was sighted last Friday on south hill in a tree just off Hudson
> street near Pearsall. Will keep an eye out for them.
>
> - S
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> *From:* Karen (via CAYUGABIRDS-L list) <CAYUGABIRDS-L...>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 2, 2026 9:45:08 AM
> *To:* <cayugabirds-l...> <cayugabirds-l...>
> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Merlin survey help
>
> Thanks in part to contributions from this list serve, the number of Merlin
> nests discovered in Tompkins County has included
>
> 6 in 2015
> 8 in 2020
> 10 in 2022
> 11 in 2024 and in 2025
>
> Geo Kloppel and I are trying to do this survey again this year. We hope to
> find every nest in Tompkins County and to follow each nest carefully enough
> to determine the number fledged for each nest. We hope to document the
> nesting success of urban/suburban Merlin.
>
> We follow up on every report of Merlin to this list serve or to eBird.
> We've already started as several Merlin sightings have been reported this
> season, although this is a bit early for nesting.
>
> WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AGAIN THIS YEAR. PLEASE SEND IN
> YOUR MERLIN OBSERVATIONS
>
> John Confer and Geo Kloppel
>
>
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