Today I stopped by Maplewood Road off NYS-89 in Ulysses to confirm my impression on a recent drive-by: there were no Bald Eagles in the nest tree (which did not surprise me, since I thought the 2 young had likely fledged and moved on) but there was also NO NEST. It seems to have fallen down for some reason. The nest tree is stil there, but unless I am quite mistaken, the nest is not merely hidden but missing altogether. I wonder if the heavy rains a couple weeks ago did it in. At least the nest did not bring down the tree, as sometimes happens with Bald Eagles. I wonder if the pair will rebuild here based on 4 succesful seasons at this site.
--Dave Nutter
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