[Maine-birds] eBird Hot Spot for Mississippi Kite nests in Durham

The kite nest in Durham seems to be doing well.  I see a few reports
from today of the 2 adults and 1 chick in the nest.  As a reminder, The
nest is in back of the house at #85 Madbury Road in Durham. This is on
the west side of Madbury Road, just south of Edgewood. It is several
houses north of last year's nest.  It is in a white pine tree, and I
believe there is only one obvious pine tree so the nest is quite obvious
from the road.  There is a SIDEWALK and great viewing opportunities from
the sidewalk at #86 Madbury Road. Parking is at your own risk.  Like
last year, mornings would be much better lighting with the sun behind
you.  Be courteous and on GOOD BEHAVIOR if you visit.  The home owners
(so far) have been very nice and their kids have been selling lemonade!  :-)

In order to clear up a mess of scattered personal locations in eBird,
I've made a Hotspot for this year's nest site.  I named it:

"stakeout Mississippi Kite nest, Durham (2019)"

Please use this for future reports.  And if you've reported the kites
this summer in or near the nest, it would be great to move your location
to this new Hotspot.

I also created an eBird hotspot for last year's nest called "stakeout
Mississippi Kite nest, Durham (2018)" .  I chose to create a separate
Hotspot to show the change in nest site location even though they are
relatively close together. So be careful when choosing your Hotspot.  
Also, if you are really industrious, you could change your reports from
last summer's nest to this location.

Thanks,

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA

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