Today, arriving at the Roanoke Ave Elementary School's parking lot at ~ 1700, I found many Turkey Vultures in the spruces on the firehouse property, as well as 1 on the school's chimney, and a single bird in the Pine tree behind house # 542 Roanoke. As I started to count the birds (without going across the street and causing them to leave "en masse" like yesterday) I was joined by one of the school's custodians. After a short while, without any noticeable reason, all the T.Vs. took flight. This time, unlike yesterday, they first flew away from us to the east, then turned and headed north. Their dispersal today was easier to keep up with and count, with the extra set of eyes helping greatly ! We came up with a firm 40 birds, which at that time I thought to be outstanding* ! Once again, en-route home while going through the intersection of Roanoke & Elton, I was able to confirm where most of the birds landed.
Cheers, Bob *Before writing the above I looked through today's mail, and was astounded by the following paraphrased message from a fellow named Brian ?. It seems that on 1/30/17, he counted 45 T.V's. in the tree I described yesterday, plus 20-30 more in the surrounding trees in the same area off Roanoke Ave. I will try to contact Brian and learn more. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
