For the past few year, there have been Cliff Swallows nesting on various buildings on the Purchase College (SUNY) campus, where I teach. Though the grounds-keeping staff periodically take down some of the nests perhaps mistaking them for wasp nests (I have sent several e-mails complaining to the appropriate administrators, to no particular effect), the birds are thriving, rebuilding their nests sometimes and changing locations. Currently there are many Cliff Swallows in the air especially above "The Mall"--central campus area; these probably include a first brood. I should add that on a recent quick walk through the more "natural" areas of campus the other day, I recorded 33 species, including an apparent migrant Acadian Flycatcher, an apparent local Willow Flycatcher, Brown Thrasher, and a nice array of fairly common nesting species.
Lee Schlesinger Port Chester, NY ________________________________________ From: bounce-119458070-24862...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-119458070-24862...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Deborah Allen <dalle...@earthlink.net> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 5:07 PM To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu Cc: Deborah Allen Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Cliff Swallow Nest in the Bronx There's also a nest on the Hunter Island Bridge near the Pelham Bay Park landfill found by Matthieu Benoit June 7, 2015. Jared Cole found a Cliff Swallow nest on the Hunter Island Bridge a few years ago which was reported by Richard Aracil. Deb Allen -----Original Message----- >From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> >Sent: Jul 16, 2015 5:01 PM >To: "nysbird...@list.cornell.edu" <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> >Subject: [nysbirds-l] Cliff Swallow Nest in the Bronx > > > >Stephane Perrault and others observed nesting Cliff Swallows near Alley Pond >Environmental Center in northeastern Queens during summer 2012 and their >presence there again last summer (2014). This is pretty close to Orchard Beach. > >Shai Mitra >Bay Shore > > >________________________________________ >From: bounce-119458020-11143...@list.cornell.edu >[bounce-119458020-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Jack Rothman >[jacro...@gmail.com] >Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 4:50 PM >To: NYS Birds Post; ebirds...@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [nysbirds-l] Cliff Swallow Nest in the Bronx > >Brendan Keogh, aka Bronx Brendan, found an active Cliff Swallow nest at >Orchard Beach. I don’t ever remember seeing one in this area. I’m curious to >know if any others have been reported in the NYC area. >I will post a photo on Facebook on the NY Birders page. >Jack Rothman > > > > >________________________________ >CSI Tops MONEY magazine’s Best Colleges list for >2015-2016><http://csitoday.com/2015/07/csi-tops-money-magazines-best-colleges-list-for-2015-2016/> > >-- > >NYSbirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > >ARCHIVES: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L >3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > >Please submit your observations to eBird: >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >-- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
