At 1320h, my grad student Connor reported that all four cold Black Vultures
were sitting in edge trees/hedges just SW of the leachate ponds at the
Stevenson Road Cornell Composting Facility.
I am afraid all he had to offer was peanuts.
Anne B Clark
147 Hile School Rd
Freeville, NY 13068
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I don’t know what would have happened eventually, if they’d been left
undisturbed, but after 20 minutes of this unexpected tolerance, my apprentice
arrived on the scene. As we walked slowly down to the workshop, the Crows
flushed one by one (they know us, and watch for their regular handouts, bu
8 redwing blackbirds and a lone male cowbird at my feeders just now
(11:35 a.m. Phelps, NY)
Pete Saracino
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Three Crows, regulars at my feeding station, are resting quietly on their usual
perches in an ash tree. They’re about 30 feet up, and the scene looks just like
any other winter day, except that an adult Cooper’s Hawk is perched about ten
feet below them. Been there for 15 minutes!
The Crows are