If the Black Vultures hang around until tomorrow (Friday), they will be a new species for the Christmas Bird Count.
My interview about the count (recorded Tuesday) was aired on WCHU today: http://whcuradio.com/morning-newswatch/new-years-day-with-cayuga-bird-club/. In it I mentioned vultures. Before 2004 we had never recorded a Turkey Vulture, but they've been seen every year since but one. Vultures moving their winter range north appears to be a trend. -Paul On 12/28/2017 10:18 AM, AB Clark wrote: > I too went back through Bluewing as well as CBL, and repeat sightings > of 2 BLVU in Broome followed the 7, as were sightings of 2 in Cayuga > Basin, several times through March and early April. Then I can find > no sightings (although I didn’t check ebird) until late summer, when > they started being seen around the Compost (1 and 2 at a time). > > Wonder if some tracking through lists and eBird could suggest where a > pair could have bred not far from the purview of both lists and within > a day’s sail of the compost. I COULD check the Breeding Bird Altas…if > I weren’t going to sail down to Binghamton for a few hours. > > anne > > Anne B Clark > 147 Hile School Rd > Freeville, NY 13068 > 607-222-0905 > anneb.cl...@gmail.com <mailto:anneb.cl...@gmail.com> > > > > > >> On Dec 28, 2017, at 9:59 AM, David Nicosia <daven102...@gmail.com >> <mailto:daven102...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> We had 7 Black Vultures in Vestal NY last spring just south of >> Binghamton which was a record high for Broome County. We also had >> another bird reported in the spring in Chenango Bridge NY. >> I also heard from the Chemung Valley folks that they had 8 BVs this >> spring a new record for them as well. Who knows in 10 years they may >> be regular in central NY. TVs were rare at one point many decades ago >> and they have made a remarkable expansion north. It would be cool to >> see both regularly up here! >> >> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu >> <mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> wrote: >> >> Maybe. They do breed in the state and have become more common >> over the last few years. >> >> Kevin >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* bounce-122158375-3493...@list.cornell.edu >> <mailto:bounce-122158375-3493...@list.cornell.edu> >> <bounce-122158375-3493...@list.cornell.edu >> <mailto:bounce-122158375-3493...@list.cornell.edu>> on behalf of >> psaracin <psara...@rochester.rr.com >> <mailto:psara...@rochester.rr.com>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 27, 2017 5:24 PM >> *To:* Kevin J. McGowan; CAYUGABIRDS-L >> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] the four Black Vultures >> Hi Kevin. Is the vultures' presence a sign of their creeping >> advance into the state? >> Thanks. >> Pete >> >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: "Kevin J. McGowan" <k...@cornell.edu >> <mailto:k...@cornell.edu>> >> Date: 12/27/17 3:41 PM (GMT-05:00) >> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu >> <mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>> >> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] the four Black Vultures >> >> Yesterday I got a good look at the four Black Vultures that have >> been hanging around. They were sitting together on one of the >> compost piles at the Cornell facility on Stevenson Road. Two of >> the four had very black faces and feathers higher up on the back >> of the head, indicating that they are young birds hatched this >> year. The other two had gray, wrinkled faces of adults. >> >> >> I saw both juveniles interact with an adult, pecking at each >> other’s bill in what looked like an “affectionate” way. (We use >> the term “affiliative behavior” for things like grooming and >> other positive interactions.) They may have done some brief >> allopreening, but I couldn’t tell for sure. >> >> >> Black Vultures are known to have a complex social system where >> they associate and cooperate with kin. Young Black Vultures are >> known to hang out with their parents up until the next breeding >> season. >> >> >> I suspect this group is a mated pair with two offspring. 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