The red-tail is in a nest near the top of tall White Pine in East Lawn Cemetery, about 100 m north of the nearest edge of hawthorn orchard, and about 40 m up main entrance into cemetery from MItchell Rd.
I walked through the area because of a Merlin nest two years ago, and hoping for another. Now that there is a nesting red-tail, I'm pretty sure that the red-tail would eat the Merlin, particularly a bird on the nest while incubating, and that there would never be a Merlin nest there. Win some, loose some. Good birding PS. This morning I saw a Red-shafted Flicker in the City Cemetery (west of North Campus) near the center from east to west but on the southern edge. Probably a migrant, but it could stay around for a while. Incidentally, I didn't hear/see a Merlin although Andy Zepp has been hearing one in that location. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
