1330h 3 Black Vultures were preening and looking generally as sleek as a vulture can on the N end of the wooden paddock fence, E of the Stevenson Rd Compost mounds. One disappeared on me but the other 2 sat and rested after preening in about the same spot for the next hour. I didn't count, but about 25 Turkey Vultures were sprinkled on trees, fences, mounds. One charming juvenile Turkey vulture was there, looking wonderingly around. (Why do the Turkey Vulture leg colors vary so much...from barely pink to brilliant red like their heads?)
Other than that, It was a 5 big-black-bird day during my watch of crows: Besides the two vultures, there were American Crows (ca 75 or less on mounds), Fish Crows (a few including tagged 06), and at the end, the ravens were calling, I thought I heard a juvenile begging and one (pretty sure juvenile--in flight) flew into the compost as I was leaving. To be more complete: Ring-billed Gulls of all ages, a juvenile Herring Gull and 2 juvenile Great Black-Backed Gulls, Mama Mallard with her now duck-like ducklings... 5G BYWY13 (AMCR) had some adventures in foraging, but that goes beyond general interest. Anne -- 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/ --
