Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

[Geo Kloppel]

The nest site is not giving off any noticeable odor now. Hal Harrison wrote 
that careful concealment of the nest from predators was imperative, because of 
the strong odor that results from feeding carrion to the young. Perhaps 
“careful concealment” includes eating and defecating off-site during the 
incubation period to postpone detection as long as possible.

But is that the onset of the climate apocalypse that’s choking me this morning? 
The boreal forest is burning, and my nostrils are full of the smoke. Imagine 
the toll those fires are taking on nesting birds.

-Geo


> On Jun 6, 2023, at 8:23 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
>  You have a lot of predators down there, Geo. 
> So they are a threat to baby TVs. 
> I did notice that there was very little odor in the boathouse while the birds 
> were there, even tho baby Hissy did poop inside. 
> Maybe lack of odor will help hide the chick(s) from predators. 
> Here’s hoping. 

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

[Donna Lee Scott]

You have a lot of predators down there, Geo.
So they are a threat to baby TVs.
I did notice that there was very little odor in the boathouse while the birds 
were there, even tho baby Hissy did poop inside.
Maybe lack of odor will help hide the chick(s) from predators.
Here’s hoping.

Donna Scott
Kendal at Ithaca-377
Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 6, 2023, at 8:16 AM, Geo Kloppel  wrote:

Thanks Donna, that gives me a lot to look forward to! I had undertaken a bit 
of slow, desultory salvage work at the abandoned shack in the woods, but after 
discovering the Turkey Vulture scraping in the debris on the floor there on 
April 29-30, I avoided the place for weeks. It does seem like a PERFECT place 
for a Turkey Vulture nest, except perhaps for the range of mammalian predators 
in the vicinity: red foxes, gray foxes, coyotes, bobcats and especially 
fishers. I wonder how much of a risk they pose…

-Geo


On Jun 6, 2023, at 7:34 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:

My experience with timing of Turkey vulture egg laid in my boathouse about May 
11, 2022:

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

[Geo Kloppel]

Thanks Donna, that gives me a lot to look forward to! I had undertaken a bit of 
slow, desultory salvage work at the abandoned shack in the woods, but after 
discovering the Turkey Vulture scraping in the debris on the floor there on 
April 29-30, I avoided the place for weeks. It does seem like a PERFECT place 
for a Turkey Vulture nest, except perhaps for the range of mammalian predators 
in the vicinity: red foxes, gray foxes, coyotes, bobcats and especially 
fishers. I wonder how much of a risk they pose…

-Geo


> On Jun 6, 2023, at 7:34 AM, Donna Lee Scott  wrote:
> 
> My experience with timing of Turkey vulture egg laid in my boathouse about 
> May 11, 2022:

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

[Donna Lee Scott]

My experience with timing of Turkey vulture egg laid in my boathouse about May 
11, 2022:

Egg probably hatched June 17, producing a white, downy chick with a black face 
and beak.
The nestling (sitting on just beach gravel, so not much of a "nest").
Chick sat with its beak resting straight down on the gravel much of the time.
It hissed if I came near it, which I did not do very much.
Parent was with it some of the time, but parent out hunting a lot.

I looked up TVs in "Birds of the World" and it (and Robyn Bailey) said that TV 
chicks are very slow to mature, taking 2-3 months to fledge.
Towards the end of August the chick was wandering around in the boathouse and 
was by then mostly black feathered.
I have photos.

By third week of August I saw Hissy was gone from inside and not at the place 
outside the boathouse where it usually went by then.
I saw Hissy fly on August 24, 2020. So a little over 2 months since it hatched.

Its face & beak by now was gray, as was its feet. Its feet may have been gray 
from hatching, but not sure because I could not see them.

It hung around the area by itself for several days.
I saw it perched on the boathouse second story deck railing.
 One time it perched over me in a big oak tree that overhung the RR track that 
is in my former backyard.

By this time I had moved to Kendal and was not at 535 Lansing Station Rd very 
much. 
House sale closing early September and I was not there anymore.

Realtor joked: "Turkey Vulture conveys with house!"
Lawyer joked that this was the first time she had to consider a turkey vulture 
during a house sale.

I have no contact with new owners, so do not know if the TV tried to nest there 
again.

Donna

Donna L Scott

377 Savage Farm Dr
Ithaca, NY 14850
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Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 9:14 PM
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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

Cool.

Donna Scott, what is your experience with timing of eggs and chicks in the nest 
in your boathouse a couple of years ago?

Abandoned shack in the woods sounds PERFECT for a Turkey Vulture nest!

Kevin

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Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 8:09 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

In late April I found a Turkey Vulture scraping around in the domestic debris 
on the floor of one of our abandoned shacks deep in the woods. I coded it as NB 
(nest building). 

Over the next few weeks I observed several comings and goings that I 
interpreted hopefully as shift-changes. She’s still in there today. 

Sitting in a scrape in the trash for five weeks running seems so purposeful 
that I feel pretty confident there must be an egg or two, soon to hatch…

-Geo


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

[Kevin J. McGowan]

Cool.

Donna Scott, what is your experience with timing of eggs and chicks in the nest 
in your boathouse a couple of years ago?

Abandoned shack in the woods sounds PERFECT for a Turkey Vulture nest!

Kevin

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 On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2023 8:09 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

In late April I found a Turkey Vulture scraping around in the domestic debris 
on the floor of one of our abandoned shacks deep in the woods. I coded it as NB 
(nest building). 

Over the next few weeks I observed several comings and goings that I 
interpreted hopefully as shift-changes. She’s still in there today. 

Sitting in a scrape in the trash for five weeks running seems so purposeful 
that I feel pretty confident there must be an egg or two, soon to hatch…

-Geo


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture egg(s)

[Geo Kloppel]

In late April I found a Turkey Vulture scraping around in the domestic debris 
on the floor of one of our abandoned shacks deep in the woods. I coded it as NB 
(nest building). 

Over the next few weeks I observed several comings and goings that I 
interpreted hopefully as shift-changes. She’s still in there today. 

Sitting in a scrape in the trash for five weeks running seems so purposeful 
that I feel pretty confident there must be an egg or two, soon to hatch…

-Geo


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures migrating

[Dave Nutter]

Currently kettling & streaming SW over downtown Ithaca. 

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey vultures

[Laura Stenzler]

Hi
There are well over 100 Turkey vultures along Stevenson Road, many in the air 
and many more perched on the solar panels and fence posts around the solar 
farm. 

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture and American Robin

[Chris Lajewski]

I saw one Turkey Vulture and one American Robin near Mynderse Academy in Seneca Falls this afternoon. The sun feels so good today.Chris LajewskiCenter Director Montezuma Audubon Center
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey vultures

[Peter Saracino]

Small kettle of 5 and 1 flying by its lonesome a bit south and east of
Peterman Rd. in the village of Seneca Falls.
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Re: FW: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Peter Saracino]

Thank you folks for all the responses. It certainly helps confirm my
sightings. Any ideas why they're still er?
Pete Sar

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 4:22 PM Donna Lee Scott  wrote:

> I have seen 2 or 3 turkey vultures each time I drive from northwest
> Lansing towards the mall or Ithaca in the past weeks.
>
>
>
> Donna L. Scott
>
> 535 Lansing Station Road
>
> Lansing, NY 14882
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* bounce-125245046-15001...@list.cornell.edu [
> mailto:bounce-125245046-15001...@list.cornell.edu
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> Saracino
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2020 4:09 PM
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> *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures
>
>
>
> Has anyone seen turkey vultures around? I was driving the back road from
> Geneva to Waterloo this morning (River Road) and in the distance saw what
> appeared to be a kettle of 8 very large, dark  birds behaving like vultures
> in a kettle.slow, circular motion. I had no binocs to confirm. Just
> before seeing this I was alerted to a dark bird flying across a farm field
> we with a distinct dihedral and am certain it wasn't a harrier. I pulled
> over to look and the bird was nowhere to be found. That's when I caught
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FW: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Donna Lee Scott]

I have seen 2 or 3 turkey vultures each time I drive from northwest Lansing 
towards the mall or Ithaca in the past weeks.

Donna L. Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
Lansing, NY 14882


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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

Has anyone seen turkey vultures around? I was driving the back road from Geneva 
to Waterloo this morning (River Road) and in the distance saw what appeared to 
be a kettle of 8 very large, dark  birds behaving like vultures in a 
kettle.slow, circular motion. I had no binocs to confirm. Just before 
seeing this I was alerted to a dark bird flying across a farm field we with a 
distinct dihedral and am certain it wasn't a harrier. I pulled over to look and 
the bird was nowhere to be found. That's when I caught site of the "kettle" in 
the distance of birds too large to be crows.
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Kevin J. McGowan]

Ithaca still has a good number of vultures around. I saw at least 10 today at 
the Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Road.

Kevin


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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

Pete,
  I saw a small kettle (5 birds) when I was walking my dog in the field near 
the Equine Research Center this afternoon.
Linda Woodard

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

Has anyone seen turkey vultures around? I was driving the back road from Geneva 
to Waterloo this morning (River Road) and in the distance saw what appeared to 
be a kettle of 8 very large, dark  birds behaving like vultures in a 
kettle.slow, circular motion. I had no binocs to confirm. Just before 
seeing this I was alerted to a dark bird flying across a farm field we with a 
distinct dihedral and am certain it wasn't a harrier. I pulled over to look and 
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the distance of birds too large to be crows.
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Linda Ann Woodard]

Pete,
  I saw a small kettle (5 birds) when I was walking my dog in the field near 
the Equine Research Center this afternoon.
Linda Woodard

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

Has anyone seen turkey vultures around? I was driving the back road from Geneva 
to Waterloo this morning (River Road) and in the distance saw what appeared to 
be a kettle of 8 very large, dark  birds behaving like vultures in a 
kettle.slow, circular motion. I had no binocs to confirm. Just before 
seeing this I was alerted to a dark bird flying across a farm field we with a 
distinct dihedral and am certain it wasn't a harrier. I pulled over to look and 
the bird was nowhere to be found. That's when I caught site of the "kettle" in 
the distance of birds too large to be crows.
Pete Sar
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Peter Saracino]

Has anyone seen turkey vultures around? I was driving the back road from
Geneva to Waterloo this morning (River Road) and in the distance saw what
appeared to be a kettle of 8 very large, dark  birds behaving like vultures
in a kettle.slow, circular motion. I had no binocs to confirm. Just
before seeing this I was alerted to a dark bird flying across a farm field
we with a distinct dihedral and am certain it wasn't a harrier. I pulled
over to look and the bird was nowhere to be found. That's when I caught
site of the "kettle" in the distance of birds too large to be crows.
Pete Sar

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey eggs question.

[AB Clark]

Depends on how old the embryos were when incubation was interrupted.  Far 
along, they are probably dead.  Very early, there’s a chance, especially since 
it is quite warm.  Before the start of incubation, an excellent chance.  Of 
course, it also depends on how many hours ago the nest was hit.

Probably worth getting them immediately into turkey level warmth (101-103 F?  I 
would have to check)  Then one could “candle” them in a day or so and see 
whether there’s any movement in blood vessels, how old or developed they are, 
etc.  

Anne

> On Jul 10, 2019, at 12:09 PM, psaracin  wrote:
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> One of Janet Aiken's son's guy hit a turkey nest while mowing. Ryan found it 
> this morning there are six eggs out of nine not broken. Anyone know if they 
> could still be incubated or is it to late?
> Thanks
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey eggs question.

[psaracin]

One of Janet Aiken's son's guy hit a turkey nest while mowing. Ryan found it 
this morning there are six eggs out of nine not broken. Anyone know if they 
could still be incubated or is it to late?ThanksPete Sar on behalf of JanetSent 
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Carol Keeler]

When I drove into Auburn going to Wegmans this morning,  there was a kettle of 
25 or more TVs soaring .  I’m three miles east of there and just had a group of 
10 TVs go over.  I’m used to seeing just a few at a time going over.  What’s 
with a huge group in the middle of the city.  I bet there’s great thermals with 
all this heat.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Dave Nutter]

This afternoon at about 5pm I saw about 200 Turkey Vultures circling over the 
vicinity of NYS-34/96, Decker Rd, and NYS-13 south of Ithaca near the Newfield 
Town Line. Earlier in the day I had seen smaller numbers southbound along the 
east edge of the Cayuga Lake Valley in Lansing. This afternoon about 3:40 I saw 
some kettling, apparently also southbound over West Hill from Downtown Ithaca, 
likely some of the same Judith reported.
- - Dave Nutter

> On Oct 13, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Judith Jones  wrote:
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> From the pool at Island Health I watched streams of the vultures going south 
> over west hill between 3 and 3:30.
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Judith Jones]

 From the pool at Island Health I watched streams of the vultures going 
south over west hill between 3 and 3:30.


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[M Miller]

If anyone wants to see Turkey Vultures, just stop by the Seneca County 
Fairgrounds (Not the Lott Farm!) in the village of Waterloo (North Rd/Swift 
St). There are about 100 that roost in the morning & evening on the village 
water tower and any available pole/post on the fairgrounds.

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[cayugabirds-l] turkey

[Sara Jane Hymes]

A friend sent me a photo of a tom Turkey who was strutting through her yard off 
of Pleasant Grove Rd.  I don’t recall m/any reports of turkey within the city 
of Ithaca/Lansing recently.  A pleasant surprise for all concerned.
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[W. Larry Hymes]

Just had 6 TURKEY VULTURES soaring over our neighborhood on East Hill.

Larry

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[cayugabirds-l] turkey vulture with white in wings

[Kevin J. McGowan]

The pied Turkey Vulture I saw today looks very much like one I photographed 
last year in November 2015.

Here is today's checklist with photos:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33000639


And here is a checklist from 21 November 2015:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33003023


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture with white in wings

[Kevin J. McGowan]

While taking a walk at lunch through Sapsucker woods I saw a Turkey Vulture 
circling over the pond. On close inspection, I saw it had big white patches in 
the tips of the wings. I put photographs in my checklist at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33000639.

I haven't looked to compare it with photos of a similar bird we were seeing a 
year of two ago, but it looked very similar.

Kevin

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Marc Devokaitis]

Hi Sara Jane,

For at least the past 3 years, there have been TUVU's roosting during the
fall behind the Varna Community Center, in some tall conifers. I get
neighbors calling me about it every year with a mixture of wonder and
frustration.

Marc Devokaitis
Lab of Ornithology






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[Sara Jane Hymes]

I was just coming through Varna when I had to pull over and stop the car, 
because there were about 25-30 TV’s soaring overhead, just above the rooftops.  
There were enough to be looking for a ‘road-kill’, but I imagine they were 
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey vultures: Union Springs

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

At 9:30 this a.m at least 24 TVs were in the field between Spring St. & 
Seminary St.  with wings
outstretched, facing the sun. They stayed for nearly an hour with one at 
a time eventually taking
off. I have seen them circling around the tall evergreens immediately 
west of where they sat &
wondered if they might be roosting there instead of down in the swamp 
behind the high school.


Factory St. pond has been hosting 3 to 5 prs. of wood ducks. Several 
buffle heads continue on Mill.


I have birdhouse holes covered to keep out house sparrows until I see 
bluebirds & tree swallows.


Daughter Becky, has been out checking osprey nests & finding a lot of 
them occupied & several new
NYSEG installed risers on utility poles. During our warm spell early 
last mo. a  man on Kozy Kove Rd.
put up a very tall pole with nice "regulation size" platform with a 
perch pole & "seeded" it with sticks.


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey talk

[Geo Kloppel]

I'm hearing a lot of yelps and gobbles right now from over in the nature 
preserve (the portion of the L-P Preserve west of Beech Hill Road)

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey vultures

[Laura Stenzler]

Hi all, there is a little cloud of about 25 turkey vultures over the pheasant 
farm at the moment, along Stevenson Rd in Ithaca. Another seven were perched on 
fences closer to Turkey Hill Road. Where were they all on January 1? Also lots 
of red tails although I haven't done a count yet.

Laura

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey vultures

[Nancy]

Today around 12 noon there were 12+ turkey vultures around Cayuga Compost and 
surrounding area, Agard Rd Trumansburg.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture with white wings

[Susan Gateley]

Ahoy birders,

my newsfeed for lake ontario reports botulism deaths among waterfowl Wayne
to Jefferson Counties starting about mid October to present. I would be
curious to hear of any observations you collectively have of Cayuga Co
shoreline.
I have NOT seen any dead birds this fall on my 1500 foot stretch of Wayne
Co shoreline but I may have missed em-

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> Good to know. Thanks, Ann. I've been wondering if anyone had seen it as I
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture with white wings

[Ann Mitchell]

I saw it briefly while on Stevenson Road. The bird has been around Ithaca for 
3-4 years or so. One wing has a lot of white on the primaries. The other wing 
had less white. It is a really cool bird to see!
Ann

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture with white wings

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

Good to know. Thanks, Ann. I've been wondering if anyone had seen it as 
I haven't seen any posts this yr..


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Meena Madhav Haribal]

Hi all,
Turkey vultures in this stiff west wind are enjoying themselves I think. They 
are flying across the wind at 90 deg and falling a free fall and then arrest 
themselves  and again dribble down in the wind and back.  So it is such fun to 
watch their behavior over computer screen.

As for the serious discussion that is happening, I support Ken's email about 
resolving the issues and I also appreciate what Dave did. I am for all things 
alive!

Also this forum is to discuss about the live birds and anything that is related 
to live birds in the Cayuga lake basin (with an occasional foray to outside 
CLB), so if hunters on this list serve don't like the majority of this listerve 
members' thoughts then perhaps they should consider joining the more 
appropriate lists that covers their interest, so they don't have to read topics 
they don't like or if they want to continue on the list then they should just 
delete those emails.

Cheers
Meena

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures moving

[Gary Kohlenberg]

On my way back from Cortland this afternoon I drove Turkey Hill Rd. to the 
house, on seeing a few TV's I pulled over to scan. I counted 141 in 25 minutes 
along with 3 Red-tailed Hawks. All appeared to be south bound migrants catching 
the tail end of clearing weather. This may bode well for sky watching tomorrow. 
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[cayugabirds-l] turkey vulture question

[Claire Damaske]

My neighbors (in Tyre) have a large, old barn which they do not use, but keep 
in good repair.  Tuesday, they were having a vent put in the round open window 
on the south side.  In the process they noticed a young vulture standing in the 
corner shedding its downy feathers.  When they told me, I went to investigate 
and found 2 youngsters.  Now... the neighbors have gone to England for a week.  
The barn doors are closed (which they always have been).  The south window is 
vented...  They report having seen a vulture enter there only once.  There is 
also a north round open window and a couple barn siding boards are missing, so 
I am supposing that the parents can still get in.  I've gone to check several 
times and haven't seen any parents around.  The neighbors have had quite a bit 
of work done there recently and I'm just wondering and worrying that the 
parents have been scared off.  Any advice?

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[cayugabirds-l] turkey vultures in Slaterville Springs

[Melissa Groo]

My favorite harbingers of spring, besides the robins and flocks of
red-winged blackbirds visiting my yard, are the pair of turkey vultures
that return to the lean-to along Route 79 in Slaterville Springs (just west
of Midline Rd). I saw them sitting on the listing shack this afternoon.

Does anyone know how many years they've taken up residence there?

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] turkey vultures in Slaterville Springs

[Mo Barger Rooster Hill Farm]

Since that lean-to was a beautiful barn LOL!

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 My favorite harbingers of spring, besides the robins and flocks of
 red-winged blackbirds visiting my yard, are the pair of turkey vultures
 that return to the lean-to along Route 79 in Slaterville Springs (just west
 of Midline Rd). I saw them sitting on the listing shack this afternoon.

 Does anyone know how many years they've taken up residence there?

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

[W. Larry Hymes]

About 20 minutes ago I was very surprised to see a TURKEY VULTURE 
soaring about near East Hill Plaza.  Having heard no reports this 
winter, I'm assuming this is an early migrant.   I've often wondered why 
this bird, and the red-wing blackbirds


Considering the severe weather and heavy snow cover in our area, why 
would this bird, and the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS that Dave Nutter saw on 
the 22nd, not delay their northward migration until conditions improve 
considerably?  As they move north, aren't they taking into account the 
conditions they are encountering and deciding whether to proceed or wait 
it out?  Any thoughts!?!?


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures here all winter

[W. Larry Hymes]

Reports came out of the woodwork about Turkey Vultures hanging around 
our area all winter.  This shows I don't get out and do much birding 
during the winter months.  It's far more comfortable looking out our 
kitchen windows.


I still would like any thoughts you may have about true migrants like 
Red-Wings showing up at this time, when the weather is very harsh and 
the snow cover is very extensive.  Do they not have a way to evaluate 
conditions on their way north and decide to hold up awhile when 
conditions are especially bad?  Or is the timing of their northward 
migration pretty much fixed --- for example, this is the time when 
Red-Wings usually start to show up here.   So when the winds are 
favorable for migration, many of the birds take off and, flying at 
night, don't know what to expect until they land the next morning.  Then 
they have to make due with whatever they happen to find.  In this case,  
I would think they would have a more difficult time finding adequate 
food sources and good places to roost.  On the bright side of things, 
however, time is on their side --- the weather will continue to improve 
as the season progresses (although more slowly some years than 
others!!).  All they have to do is hang in there!


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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

[Jody W Enck]

Hi Larry,

Great report on another cold day.  
I have seen Turkey Vultures (up to 15) almost every day this winter locally 
around Ithaca.  One recent day I was waiting for an early morning ride from 
Varna to the Lab of O and watched more than a dozen in trees across the road 
hanging out until some thermals started heating up (my supposition -- the 
vultures did not share this info with me).  As long as they have access to food 
(e.g., compost piles, road kills, game farm critters, etc) they seem to be fine 
with cold and snow.

Jody Enck

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

About 20 minutes ago I was very surprised to see a TURKEY VULTURE soaring about 
near East Hill Plaza.  Having heard no reports this 
winter, I'm assuming this is an early migrant.   I've often wondered why 
this bird, and the red-wing blackbirds

Considering the severe weather and heavy snow cover in our area, why would this 
bird, and the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS that Dave Nutter saw on the 22nd, not delay 
their northward migration until conditions improve considerably?  As they move 
north, aren't they taking into account the conditions they are encountering and 
deciding whether to proceed or wait it out?  Any thoughts!?!?

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

[Asher Hockett]

I have seen TVs in Danby now and then all winter long, and an occasional
one over Rt 13 on the hillside.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:03 PM, W. Larry Hymes w...@cornell.edu wrote:

 About 20 minutes ago I was very surprised to see a TURKEY VULTURE soaring
 about near East Hill Plaza.  Having heard no reports this winter, I'm
 assuming this is an early migrant.   I've often wondered why this bird, and
 the red-wing blackbirds

 Considering the severe weather and heavy snow cover in our area, why would
 this bird, and the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS that Dave Nutter saw on the 22nd,
 not delay their northward migration until conditions improve considerably?
 As they move north, aren't they taking into account the conditions they are
 encountering and deciding whether to proceed or wait it out?  Any
 thoughts!?!?

 Larry

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

[Linda Orkin]

Less than a month ago II saw around 20 Turkey Vultures roosting in trees
along the inside lower curve of Freese Road.  Really neat, as they were all
at eye level.

And I've seen others flying up along 89 and other places all winter, as
others are mentioning.



Linda Orkin
Ithaca, NY

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Jody W Enck j...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Hi Larry,

 Great report on another cold day.
 I have seen Turkey Vultures (up to 15) almost every day this winter
 locally around Ithaca.  One recent day I was waiting for an early morning
 ride from Varna to the Lab of O and watched more than a dozen in trees
 across the road hanging out until some thermals started heating up (my
 supposition -- the vultures did not share this info with me).  As long as
 they have access to food (e.g., compost piles, road kills, game farm
 critters, etc) they seem to be fine with cold and snow.

 Jody Enck

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 From: bounce-118862556-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:
 bounce-118862556-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of W. Larry Hymes
 Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 1:03 PM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

 About 20 minutes ago I was very surprised to see a TURKEY VULTURE soaring
 about near East Hill Plaza.  Having heard no reports this
 winter, I'm assuming this is an early migrant.   I've often wondered why
 this bird, and the red-wing blackbirds

 Considering the severe weather and heavy snow cover in our area, why would
 this bird, and the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS that Dave Nutter saw on the 22nd,
 not delay their northward migration until conditions improve considerably?
 As they move north, aren't they taking into account the conditions they are
 encountering and deciding whether to proceed or wait it out?  Any
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

[John and Sue Gregoire]

Larry,
The simple answer is photoperiod. Red-winged BBs and others will migrate when 
day
length reaches a certain threshold for the species. This instinctive response is
often coupled to their food requirements so insectivores will wait until the 
days
get longer and most probably correspond to insect hatches enroute. Red-wings are
considered half-hearty but I wish them luck finding food other than at feeders 
right
now. The average arrival date was a few days ago. Have seen several reports of 
TVs
all winter long but none on their roost (NWS Fire Academy roof) in Montour 
Falls.

Of course unless they sense a pressure gradient indicative of an impending 
storm,
they come ahead on that increasing day length.
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On Wed, February 25, 2015 13:03, W. Larry Hymes wrote:
 About 20 minutes ago I was very surprised to see a TURKEY VULTURE
 soaring about near East Hill Plaza.  Having heard no reports this
 winter, I'm assuming this is an early migrant.   I've often wondered why
 this bird, and the red-wing blackbirds

 Considering the severe weather and heavy snow cover in our area, why
 would this bird, and the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS that Dave Nutter saw on
 the 22nd, not delay their northward migration until conditions improve
 considerably?  As they move north, aren't they taking into account the
 conditions they are encountering and deciding whether to proceed or wait
 it out?  Any thoughts!?!?

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture

[Anne Clark]

To give a Wed 25th Feb update on Turkey Vulture whereabouts, about 15 were 
either swirling around or sitting in the spruce trees behind the Varna 
Community Center on 366 today at about 230.  There may well have been more in 
the spruces, hidden.  They may be using these trees as a small local roost.  At 
least a couple more were out at the Stevenson Road Composting Facility/Game 
Farm, a few minutes later.

The younger of the two Bald Eagles that Kevin described at the morning Compost 
Piles was circling this area also, sailing between Fall Creek and the Compost 
Piles.   I saw it circle over Varna Auto Repair and then it was circling 
through the Compost proper by the time I got there. (not hard, not far)  Easily 
recognizable as the same bird.

There were 7 fluffy-round Bluebirds on electric wires on Ed Hill Rd, Freeville, 
just S of Hile School Road this afternoon at 4pm.  

Anne


On Feb 25, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Linda Orkin wrote:

 Less than a month ago II saw around 20 Turkey Vultures roosting in trees 
 along the inside lower curve of Freese Road.  Really neat, as they were all 
 at eye level.  
 
 And I've seen others flying up along 89 and other places all winter, as 
 others are mentioning.
 
 
 
 Linda Orkin
 Ithaca, NY
 
 On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Jody W Enck j...@cornell.edu wrote:
 Hi Larry,
 
 Great report on another cold day.
 I have seen Turkey Vultures (up to 15) almost every day this winter locally 
 around Ithaca.  One recent day I was waiting for an early morning ride from 
 Varna to the Lab of O and watched more than a dozen in trees across the road 
 hanging out until some thermals started heating up (my supposition -- the 
 vultures did not share this info with me).  As long as they have access to 
 food (e.g., compost piles, road kills, game farm critters, etc) they seem to 
 be fine with cold and snow.
 
 Jody Enck
 
 -Original Message-
 From: bounce-118862556-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 [mailto:bounce-118862556-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of W. Larry Hymes
 Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 1:03 PM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture
 
 About 20 minutes ago I was very surprised to see a TURKEY VULTURE soaring 
 about near East Hill Plaza.  Having heard no reports this
 winter, I'm assuming this is an early migrant.   I've often wondered why
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 not delay their northward migration until conditions improve considerably?  
 As they move north, aren't they taking into account the conditions they are 
 encountering and deciding whether to proceed or wait it out?  Any thoughts!?!?
 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Dave Nutter]

I agree Sunday was a good migration day for Turkey Vultures. At about 1pm I was 
near the Lab entrance looking at the western skyline beyond the pond, and I 
watched a near-continuous line of them flying south, about 60 all told. They 
were gliding and gradually losing altitude, and when they got low enough to 
almost be blocked by trees for me, one of them would find a thermal and start 
circling up. Then all those behind it in line would veer into the thermal, and 
suddenly there would be 20 birds kettling. But it seemed they would only circle 
a few times (2 or 3? it was distracting, but I should have tried harder to 
follow a single bird) before they would peel off the top and continue south. I 
saw this a couple of times there, and then when I went to the Freese Road 
Gardens I saw it again, once to the west and once almost overhead. I saw about 
a hundred southbound Turkey Vultures altogether. There were also a few apparent 
locals, by their behavior.

--Dave Nutter


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 Saw 18 Turkey Vultures flying above Triphammer Road 3 miles north of Shops of 
 Ithaca. Pretty impressive!
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[James Gaffney]

I counted 74 tv's golfing cornell's course today with most of them before
12
Jim Gaffney

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On Oct 13, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:

I agree Sunday was a good migration day for Turkey Vultures. At about 1pm I
was near the Lab entrance looking at the western skyline beyond the pond,
and I watched a near-continuous line of them flying south, about 60 all
told. They were gliding and gradually losing altitude, and when they got
low enough to almost be blocked by trees for me, one of them would find a
thermal and start circling up. Then all those behind it in line would veer
into the thermal, and suddenly there would be 20 birds kettling. But it
seemed they would only circle a few times (2 or 3? it was distracting, but
I should have tried harder to follow a single bird) before they would peel
off the top and continue south. I saw this a couple of times there, and
then when I went to the Freese Road Gardens I saw it again, once to the
west and once almost overhead. I saw about a hundred southbound Turkey
Vultures altogether. There were also a few apparent locals, by their
behavior.

--Dave Nutter


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Saw 18 Turkey Vultures flying above Triphammer Road 3 miles north of Shops
of Ithaca. Pretty impressive!
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Carol Keeler]

Yesterday as I worked in my yard I spotted a south bound TV.  As I watched it 
turned into a river of as many 30 TVs migrating past.  I had guests who were 
spellbound by all the birds.  It's the first time I've spotted a large group 
migrating through.

I had a very unusual new yard bird the other day.  I looked out the kitchen 
window and spotted a Great Blue Heron walking through the arbor.  There's a 
very shallow creek out back and perhaps it followed my paths down toward the 
house.  They do periodically fly over, but this was the first grounded one.

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

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Saw 18 Turkey Vultures flying above Triphammer Road 3 miles north of Shops of 
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Buzzards

[Judy Cuyle]

Late yesterday morning my husband and I saw a kettle of Turkey Buzzards soaring 
near the ponds near Robert Packer Hospital/Guthrie Clinic. It was a first for 
us to see so many together. There must have been around 100 of them. We live 
near the top of Bruce Hill Road in Danby and watch Turkey Buzzards soaring over 
the valley all summer, but only a few at a time.

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey mom

[Geo Kloppel]

A Turkey has been hanging around our yard with just four poults. I've been 
watching them since they were not much bigger than tennis balls. At first I 
thought they were going to be easy prey for our brazen coyotes, who come quite 
close even in daylight, or the foxes, who chase chickens and house cats, but 
these birds learn to fly when they're still quite small. 

Nevertheless, mom keeps them close. I can often tell where the little family is 
from the soft call-and-response music they make as they forage together in the 
deep undergrowth or out in the tall goldenrod.

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[William Roberts]

I had the good fortune of seeing the biggest kettle of TVs ever (for me) as 
they circled and swooped over the parking lot  and the general vicinity of 
Wegmans in Auburn, New York. I counted over 100 and approximated that possibly 
125 were participating.
I looked for Black Vultures but did not see any. Many landed on a nearby cell 
tower south of the Wegmans parking lot ( Genesee St. and  Loop Rd ). Bill 
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures, dead tagged deer

[Jesse Ross]

The half dozen or so Turkey Vultures patiently adorning the trees in my
wooded backyard in Northeast Ithaca alerted me to a dead deer back there.
The neighborhood deer have been seeming desperately hungry lately - often
seen standing on tiptoes for a measly handful of hemlock needles,
shamelessly begging whenever they see me take out the compost, and
generally looking unhealthy and unsteady.

There are also some hair-stuffed tubular excreta of some kind in the
vicinity. They don't quite look like coyote scat to me, so my next guess is
pellets from the vultures?

Given the topic of this mailing list, I'll also say that I got fantastic
views of these grim and gruesome, but interesting and ecologically
valuable, birds.

Anyways, the unlucky deer has numbered white ear tags, so I guess somebody
went to the trouble of sterilizing it. I'm wondering if anybody is
collecting information about these tagged animals. If anybody has any
contact info I'd appreciate it!

Thanks,
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures, dead tagged deer

[Jesse Ross]

Hi folks,

Thanks to the several people who have responded to this! The universal
recommendation is that I contact Paul Curtis. In case anybody else needs
this information, his email address is

p...@cornell.edu

and his website is

http://dnr.cornell.edu/people/faculty.cfm?netId=pdc1

best,
jesse


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 The half dozen or so Turkey Vultures patiently adorning the trees in my
 wooded backyard in Northeast Ithaca alerted me to a dead deer back there.
 The neighborhood deer have been seeming desperately hungry lately - often
 seen standing on tiptoes for a measly handful of hemlock needles,
 shamelessly begging whenever they see me take out the compost, and
 generally looking unhealthy and unsteady.

 There are also some hair-stuffed tubular excreta of some kind in the
 vicinity. They don't quite look like coyote scat to me, so my next guess is
 pellets from the vultures?

 Given the topic of this mailing list, I'll also say that I got fantastic
 views of these grim and gruesome, but interesting and ecologically
 valuable, birds.

 Anyways, the unlucky deer has numbered white ear tags, so I guess somebody
 went to the trouble of sterilizing it. I'm wondering if anybody is
 collecting information about these tagged animals. If anybody has any
 contact info I'd appreciate it!

 Thanks,
 Jesse Ross


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[cayugabirds-l] turkey vultures

[Judith W. Jones]

Are continuing to come to roost late afternoon in the norway spruces in 
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture roost possibilities

[nutter.dave]

I don't know for certain where the Turkey Vultures are roosting, but I suspect the evergreens west of Community Corners from Spruce Lane south. Another place I've seen them gathering near dusk is along NYS-366 just east of the Cornell fleet garage in evergreens on the slope down to Varna. I've also seen gatherings of Turkey Vultures south of Burdick Hill Road toward the west part of the field during the day, and west of Ithaca Cardiology (2432 North Triphammer Road) probably checking out a feeding site. I have only seen individuals, not groups, over the past few days.--Dave Nutter
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey surveys

[Richard Tkachuck]

Greetings:
A month or so ago I asked for info on the turkey surveys that are done
about this time of year. Someone sent me a contact, but alas, I have lost
that info. Can someone help me with this. There were other surveys listed
in the article.

Cheers,
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey survey

[Richard Tkachuck]

Last year some state department had a survey form that people could send in
that recorded numbers of turkeys in a flock, where they were located and
other data. Is this an on-going project, and if so, can someone help in
locating information about this survey?

Richard Tkachuck

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey survey

[Donna Scott]

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/75131.html

This site has the results of the 2011 winter survey for Wild Turkey flocks.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/48732.html
Gives data on the August summer surveys of hens and poults.

This website is easy to navigate.

Last week I counted 31 wild turkeys in one of our Lansing Station Rd. flocks in 
NW Lansing. It seemed to be a flock with growing poults, females and a few 
males, but was quite far away, so I could not tell for sure.

Donna Scott

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  Last year some state department had a survey form that people could send in 
that recorded numbers of turkeys in a flock, where they were located and other 
data. Is this an on-going project, and if so, can someone help in locating 
information about this survey?

  Richard Tkachuck

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey survey

[Candace Cornell]

The reported numbers look very low for the last three years in areas in
NYS. For example, in the last three summer in the Adirondack's (ADK), there's
been a turkey population explosion, where they are now as common as deer
are in the Cayuga Basin. I saw flocks of up to 39 per sighting, daily if
not near-hourly, during the summer-fall in the High Peaks. I wish I had
known about the survey. Thanks.
Candace Cornell

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 http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/75131.html

 This site has the results of the 2011 winter survey for Wild Turkey flocks.

 http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/48732.html
 Gives data on the August summer surveys of hens and poults.

 This website is easy to navigate.

 Last week I counted 31 wild turkeys in one of our Lansing Station Rd.
 flocks in NW Lansing. It seemed to be a flock with growing poults, females
 and a few males, but was quite far away, so I could not tell for sure.

 Donna Scott

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey in Mundy Wildflower Garden!!!

[W. Larry Hymes]

Had some interesting sightings yesterday on my walk around Beebe Lake 
and Mundy.  As I was walking up the south hill of Mundy, I was extremely 
surprised to see a WILD TURKEY walking up the hillside.  The bird was 
equally surprised by my presence and kept scurrying away as I continued 
up the hill.  I eventually lost sight of it.


Another fun sighting was a BELTED KINGFISHER flying about the SW portion 
of the garden area loudly proclaiming, This is my territory.  Stay 
out!  Unless, of course, you happen to be a female!


Just off the southern portion of the trial around Beebe,  I heard the 
incessant buzzing of a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER.  I eventually found it 
flitting about.  FOY for me.


Larry

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture roost threat

[Kathy Strickland]

Many of the Turkey Vultures here in the northern part of the Basin actually 
roost in Auburn, in and near Fort Hill Cemetery. Last week when I arrived at 
the parking lot of Auburn United Methodist Church on Fitch, I stood to watch 
the birds circling in and landing in the Norway Spruces that line the western 
edge of the lot. Suddenly a shot rang out and about 50 vultures were startled 
out of the trees. While I doubt they were in physical danger, evidently someone 
in the neighborhood is either thinking the birds pose a problem in the area, or 
is just thinking it's fun to harass them. Either way, it's wrong. I had to get 
inside for choir rehearsal or I would have at least walked down the street a 
ways to see if I could locate the source of the shot. Any ideas on how to deal 
with this? Kathy Strickland, Union Springs  
 
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Meena Haribal]

Hey Brad and all,

I did the same too. I scanned the flock three times for Black Vulture, but my 
flock was smaller than yours and had only 22 birds. I just got back from 
watching them. they seemed so care less (as opposed to careless) and 
effortlessly circled around and finally headed up Six Miles Creek, probably 
hoping to roost somewhere. Yesterday afternoon, while I was hanging out laundry 
in my yard, a Bald  Eagle circled over my head fairly close, I was thinking of 
heading inside to my camera, it floated south. But soon returned, but was 
little higher than previous time and circled and floated away to west.



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Hi all,

There is currently a kettle of about 100 TURKEY VULTURES over downtown Ithaca. 
I've gone through the group several times, but didn't see a Black Vulture.

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Hill Northern Shrike

[Marie P Read]

Hi all,

The Northern Shrike was making the rounds of the field north of the large barn 
on Turkey Hill Road, 10:00 am Saturday, then again at 11:00 am when I returned 
to photograph it. When I left at 1:45 it was still in the field, foraging 
frequently but with far less success than on the balmy day Jeff Gerbracht saw 
it a couple weeks ago.

Photos to come.

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Hill Northern Shrike - photos

[Marie P Read]

As threatened...a couple of Northern Shrike photos from today:

http://www.marieread.com/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=492

Marie

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Hi all,

The Northern Shrike was making the rounds of the field north of the large barn 
on Turkey Hill Road, 10:00 am Saturday, then again at 11:00 am when I returned 
to photograph it. When I left at 1:45 it was still in the field, foraging 
frequently but with far less success than on the balmy day Jeff Gerbracht saw 
it a couple weeks ago.

Photos to come.

Marie


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RE:[cayugabirds-l] turkey vultures galore

[Annette Nadeau]

I neglected to mention that the many Turkey Vultures (that are STILL going past 
my window) are headed south.

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] turkey vultures galore

Turkey Vultures are streaming past my office window here at Hospicare on South 
Hill. At least 75 have gone by in the last minute or so!!

Annette

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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture List

[Sandy Podulka]

Hi Folks,
	A friend of mine not on this list asked me to report that he is 
monitoring an active Turkey Vulture nest with two eggs. It is in a 
medium-sized gorge on the west side of Cayuga Lake, and the eggs are 
basically laid right on the ground, maybe with a few extra dried 
leaves under them.


Sandy Podulka



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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vulture's breakfast

[Watt W. Webb]

Saturday a.m.surprise:  a flight of about 6 to 8  Vultures, mostly 
Turkey circled our hilly areaway above east side of Cayuga Lake for 
about an hour.  Then I discovered 6 of them in our garden bushes and 
and trees consuming remains of several small 4 legged bodies out on 
theatgrass near the trees for an hour or 2. Later in the day and 
still today I noticed several Vultures continuing to scope the whole 
hillside from lake shore to hill tops.


On a new  note our first Robins have arrived yesterday evening and 
the Goldfinch crowd has began to show bright gold colors.


The usual spring flow of Northern Mockingbirds with their 
distinctive, repetitive songs have not caught my attention yet, tho' 
the weather seems right.  I will have to listen on the hills to watch 
their usual up-hill spring drift and expression of mating calls.


Watt Webb in south Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[W. Larry Hymes]

Drove through Community Corners a few minutes ago and saw 15+ turkey 
vultures circling about.  I was driving in traffic at the time so 
couldn't get an accurate count.


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures over Ithaca

[John and Fritzie Blizzard]

As we were heading North on Meadow St. just after 6 p.m. tonight we saw a flock 
of 14 turkey vultures flying ... (not soaring) out towards Wal-mart area ... 
what's that ... SW??? Never have seen them just flapping all together like a 
flock of crows or geese as they were tonight. Good thing I had my binox on the 
dash  was waiting for the light to turn green so I had a positive ID.

Trip to Ithaca from Union Springs early afternoon was extremely windy. Futile 
to find anything on the lake. I'm surprised Steve  Susie even found the Be 
Happy Cafe!
And Mark  congrats on having a screechie again. I'd jump up  down in 
exuberance, too!

CO son-in-law stood in awe tonight when he came home from work, watching  
listening to the flights of geese  admiring the fantastic sunset, one of the 
prettiest we've had in a couple wks.. So glad Steve  Susie got to see it.

Fritzie

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[cayugabirds-l] turkey vulture Q

[Susan Fast]

There was a recent question about a turkey vulture being early in Vestal.  I
haven't seen it answered on the general list, so will try to do so.  No, not
early.

A good reference for questions like this at this time of year (or any time)
is www.birdcount.org http://www.birdcount.org/ .  This gets you to the
GBBC site; then hit the Exploring Results box. This gives you 4 choices-go
to Map Room (upper left-hand corner).  You are then asked what species you
want and will have to scroll down a list to turkey vulture.  Hit Year
2010, then North America.   Once you get that map, you can pick
Allegheny from the Region list on the left-hand side to see the
distribution of TVs in NY and PA as of mostly last weekend.  Some half-hardy
species have started moving north, and I suspect that's what was seen.

This site is great fun in addition to having a lot of information.  I spend
a lot of time wandering around in it.

 

Steve fast


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey

[Sara Jane Hymes]

I just returned from a walk up Eastern Heights Rec. Way and as I was 
coming down the hill a large Tom Turkey flew across the walk way; landed 
in the woods and rapidly 'jogged' through the woods away from the 
walkway.  This was the first time I've seen a turkey in this area--aside 
from the domestic turkeys which are fenced in.  Perhaps they've been 
calling to him?


Further along, on the East Ithaca Rec Way, half way between Honness Lane 
and Mitchell St there were 20 Blue Jays just apparently 'hanging out' 
together in a tree!  Neat.


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[cayugabirds-l] Turkey Vultures

[Alm9413]

By the time I got to Myers around 10:00 am, I saw at least 102  TV's.  I 
saw an additional 35+ on Freeze Road a little later. I am sure I  missed many, 
many more TV's traveling south.  What a great day!
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