Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

[anneb . clark]

Seems to me unlikely that many black vultures are nesting north of us. We should see more incl juveniles in fall.  Maybe I haven’t been on top of the observations, but doesn’t match my memory. So migrating through???? Where’s this barn?  Near McLean  or Lime Hollow?   I will say that I haven’t seen them overhead here just outside of Freeville but I am completely capable of missing birds, even big black ones I should be noticing. 😬 Anne Sent from my iPhone On Mar 5, 2024, at 12:14 AM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: Paul Rodewald said a pair of Black Vultures seemed to be prospecting a barn recently between Freeville & Cortland.  Last year the number of sightings over downtown Ithaca & lower S Hill, & near Titus Flats/ Wegmans/ the Elmira Rd strip seemed like some affinity - maybe nesting nearby? Or is it just that there are lots of potential observers, and they are conspicuous so they get reported more here even though they travel widely? Anyway it seems to be continuing. Is there a food source for them in the neighborhood? Or did they nest here? I wonder how many pairs we are dealing with, how many birds are local, and how many of the birds seen recently have been migrating through. - - Dave Nutter On Mar 4, 2024, at 5:07 PM, anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote: Let’s try to figure out where they nest this year!! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2024, at 12:04 PM, Laura Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu> wrote: A new yard bird this morning over Hunt Hill Road. Two black vultures circling each other just flew over. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! --