On Monday 3/9 on my way to the ferry from NYC I saw a Black Vulture by the High School in Greenport. As I had locked myself out of my house later for more than an hour after my daily walk and had a lot to do around the house I rushed the report with no details: I saw the vulture west of the school soaring east(north side of 25) and descending towards the school. I assumed it was a Turkey Vulture until I was in line with the school where I saw the vulture beat its wings, and that is where I first noticed the whitish wing tips and finally the lack of grey on the underwing which clinched the ID. In my original report I used the term hovering instead of beating its wings this was a mistake and it was the moment where I noticed that the vulture was all BLACK, except the wing tips. I did not see any flash of red in the head. This is the second Black Vulture, I have seen in LI. The first was in Monatuk around 2000, I don't know the exact date as I have lost all my records when my Thayer's crashed years ago. Orhan Birol Shelter Island
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