Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-07 Thread anneb . clark
I know where the farm stand is. Within walking distance. Will check it out. AnneSent from my iPhoneOn Mar 7, 2024, at 10:33 AM, t...@ottcmail.com wrote: Could be these are bonded birds hanging out together but actual courtship seems to be more active and to involve display,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-07 Thread tess
Could be these are bonded birds hanging out together but actual courtship seems to be more active and to involve display, or at least the male lifting & holding his wings over his head - see Birds by Bent .  (Note that the months given

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-07 Thread Dave Nutter
I just spent a little over an hour watching a pair of Black Vultures atop the concrete smokestack low on South Hill in the City of Ithaca. That’s at the old Morse Chain / Emerson Power Transmission factory. I can scope it from my house, and it’s probably visible from numerous locations around

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures

2024-03-06 Thread Paul G. Rodewald
Clicking on the Google maps link within this eBird checklist will point to the barn where I saw two BLVUs on 16 February. My notes within the checklist. Hard to say much about what was really happening as I was simply driving by the barn and did not stop or return to observe their behavior.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-06 Thread Dave Nutter
The barn is between Freeville & McLean, more specifically along the SE side of Fall Creek Rd between Red Mill Rd & Malloryville Rd. Google maps shows a building complex associated with a closed farm stand. Below is the eBird rare bird report which I saved. The record doesn’t show up in the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-05 Thread 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 throughWhere’s this barn?  Near McLean  or Lime Hollow?  I will say that I haven’t seen

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-04 Thread Dave Nutter
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

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-04 Thread anneb . clark
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 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 > -- > >

[cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2024-03-04 Thread Laura Stenzler
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:

[cayugabirds-l] Black vultures over Stevenson

2024-01-01 Thread anneb . clark
In case anyone is worried that the foursome of Black Vultures gets counted, they circled low over me on the Stevenson- game farm leg of East Ithaca way about 1.5 hr ago, saw that I wasn’t dead? And sailed off in their private kettle SE of the Compost. I suspect others will see them but just

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures perched in Ithaca

2023-12-11 Thread bob mcguire
Right after theTaughannock loon watch concluded (Nov 18th) several of us observed a group of four Black Vultures flying in the gorge opposite the visitor’s center. At the same time there were 10 - 15 TUVU’s roosting on the cliff face, backs to the sun, wings outstretched (to catch the sun). I

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures perched in Ithaca

2023-12-11 Thread Dave Nutter
They flew north over downtown around 11:15am. But it’s worth checking that smokestack for them regularly. - - Dave Nutter > On Dec 11, 2023, at 10:22 AM, Dave Nutter wrote: > > The frequently seen group of 4 Black Vultures have been perched atop the > large, old, concrete Morse Chain

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures perched in Ithaca

2023-12-11 Thread Dave Nutter
The frequently seen group of 4 Black Vultures have been perched atop the large, old, concrete Morse Chain smokestack low on South Hill in Ithaca this morning. I believe they are a family who bred in the area this year. - - Dave Nutter -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2023-04-22 Thread Donna Lee Scott
When I was in the Everglades in 2020, in one of the main parking areas (Anhinga?) off the main road to Flamingo, I witnessed several black vultures ripping black rubber parts off parked cars! One had to get there early to get one of about 20 tarps the Nat’l. Park Service provided to cover ones

[cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2018-02-18 Thread Laura Stenzler
The 4 black vultures are on the ground with 6 TVs along the edge of Game Farm Rd, just south of Stevenson Road, Ithaca. They are sharing a furry meal. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2018-01-28 Thread Nari Mistry
This beautiful sunny afternoon at around 3:45pm Gin and I stopped at the Stevenson/Dodge Rd. junction to see if any Black Vultures would show up. Within a few minutes in the distance we saw four vulture types in close formation flying north towards us over Snyder Hill, flying straight and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2018-01-28 Thread anneb . clark
All 4 soaring together over Stevenson e of compost. High but very pretty in sun. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2018, at 12:09 PM, > wrote: > > At 10:45 the black vultures were in some trees just south of the bridge on > Dodge Rd. They then flew

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2018-01-28 Thread tfrank
At 10:45 the black vultures were in some trees just south of the bridge on Dodge Rd. They then flew into the pheasant farm just in front of the little hut facing Stevenson Rd. They were still there at 11:15. Tom Frank Brad Walker wrote: > The four black

[cayugabirds-l] Black vultures

2018-01-27 Thread Brad Walker
The four black vultures are currently perched in a dead tree next to the small bridge between Dodge Road and the game farm. -- Brad Walker Multimedia Collections Specialist Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures and Peregrine

2018-01-03 Thread Jody Enck
Hi All, I saw all 4 of the Black Vultures in the vicinity of the Game Farm this afternoon between about 1:30 and 2:30. I saw them in the air near the beginning of that time period and again near the end of the time period. A visiting birder from the Canandaigua area (I believe it was Kyle Gage)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures over Lansing

2017-02-23 Thread Dave Nutter
I think there's a good chance, not only that the 2 Black Vultures which Gary Kohlenberg & Ann Mitchell saw at 4:30 this afternoon at Woodsedge & Cayuga Vista are those which Meena Haribal saw around 2:30 at North Triphammer & Hillcrest Roads, but that they are also the same birds seen from the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures over Lansing

2017-02-23 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
The 2 BV's in Lansing were associated with a flock of 27 Turkey Vultures, including one with a white wingtip. We never saw them leave, west or north, so may be roosting somewhere in the area between the new Dollar General store on East Shore Dr., N. Triphammer Rd. and Asbury Rd. Tomorrow it

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures over Lansing

2017-02-23 Thread Gary Kohlenberg
Meena's two Black Vultures are visible now, 4:30, over Lansing. SE of the Cayuga Vista Dr. / Woodsedge Dr. intersection Lansing, off of East Shore Dr. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures

2014-08-26 Thread Candace Cornell
What is the greatest number of Black Vultures you've seen together in the Game Farm Rd/Ellis Hollow Rd area and around the compost facility at Stevenson Rd? Please let me know if you ever seen any flocks in the last two years. Thanks, Candace -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures, Cornell Compost

2013-10-22 Thread Jay McGowan
Three BLACK VULTURES are currently sitting on the fence at the compost. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures in TV kettle

2013-10-10 Thread Scott Haber
Two Black Vultures soaring with a low kettle of about 15 Turkey Vultures over the Northwood Apts off Warren Road - as of 130pm. -Scott -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures in TV kettle

2013-10-10 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
: bounce-108577879-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-108577879-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Haber Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 1:39 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures in TV kettle Two Black Vultures soaring with a low kettle of about 15 Turkey

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures NE Ithaca

2013-09-02 Thread Kenneth V. Rosenberg
My lack of motivation today was just rewarded by 2 BLACK VULTURES circling over my house in northeast Ithaca- heading slowly to the northwest. Having been gone the past week, these are my first this year. Ken Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures NE Ithaca

2013-09-02 Thread Jim Tarolli
Dave Wheeler and I were at the Stevenson Road Compost pile and saw two Black Vultures get up and fly high towards Ithaca at 12:15pm. They were way up there, as if they were moving on. Jim Tarolli On Monday, September 2, 2013, Kenneth V. Rosenberg wrote: My lack of motivation today was just

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures continue at Compost

2013-09-01 Thread Anne Clark
1330h 3 Black Vultures were preening and looking generally as sleek as a vulture can on the N end of the wooden paddock fence, E of the Stevenson Rd Compost mounds. One disappeared on me but the other 2 sat and rested after preening in about the same spot for the next hour. I didn't count,

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures and Broad-winged Hawks

2013-08-30 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
Having the day off, I got over to Stevenson Rd about 1030, arriving at the same time as Bud, where we found Reed and Eric. Reed and Eric had already scouted the vultures and found at least two BLACK VULTURES as they took wing and started circling higher. This gave me time to see them in binocs

[cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures on the move?

2013-08-28 Thread Jay McGowan
A few minutes ago Ben Barkley reported a BLACK VULTURE headed north over Beebe Lake on campus, so either we are having a Black Vulture invasion or at least one of my birds from this morning is moving around. I last saw them at 8:50 when they were still sitting on the fence above the piles, but

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black Vultures on the move?

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Mitchell
I saw them sitting on the compost pile at 5:00. They weren't together but were in a line of T.V.'s. Very cooperative and best seen from Stevenson Road. Best, Ann Mitchell Sent from my IPhone On Aug 28, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Jay McGowan jw...@cornell.edu wrote: A few minutes ago Ben Barkley