Here are some shots from 2015: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S25748222
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 4:51 PM Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > This morning at 9:50am as I drove east on NYS-366 through Varna, I saw > a/the white-winged Turkey Vulture soaring rather low near the intersection > with Freese & Mt Pleasant Roads. Since the taxi was empty, I was able to > pull over and get a binocular view. > > On the right wing it only a single white feather, the outermost primary, > that is the leading edge. All of the other flight feathers on the right > wing were normal (silver below), and the right wing lining was also normal, > solid blackish brown. > > But one the left wing all the primaries were white except a single darker > one among them about 4th or 5th from the leading edge. Under the left wing > there was a round patch of dark feathers at the base of the primaries > separated by whitish from the rest of the dark normal wing lining. > > Just now I can’t find any photos of the white-winged Turkey Vulture from > several years ago, but this bird reminded me very strongly of that bird. If > anyone has photos of that bird, or recalls the last time it was sighted, or > also saw this bird lately, I would be interested. > > - - Dave Nutter > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
