Hi all, I had time to kill and a car to travel, so decided I will go to look for Black Vultures. So from 4.00 ish to 5.10 PM I spent scanning each and every vulture I could see. There were quite a few on a tree, many scattered along the field or fence posts and as many as 40 circling over the Mount Pleasant hill.
I first saw one dark smallish vulture (looked almost half size of TV) on the tree sleeping, so I kept watching it every now and then to see if it wakes up. Finally it woke up and I could see its red head. I am surprised at the size variation among the turkey vultures. Then another very dark small individual sitting in the field, I thought could be a Black Vulture, but it also turned out to be a TV. So finally I never got to see a Black Vulture. I watched all of them from Stevenson Road. But the weather was pleasant and beautiful Turkey Vultures with their glossy under side of the wings made my day! So easily and effortlessly they float in the sky! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
