Before dawn, under the thin overcast at 645am today, I was walking the dog. It was pretty dark, though Jupiter and the Moon briefly peeked through the clouds. As we approached the house, the dog froze (probably deer or something I didn't hear) but I looked up and in the gloaming saw 7 TURKEY VULTURES on the wing. That was weird; never saw these guys flying at this time of day (night). First thought: giant vampire bats returning from a night of blood-drinking.
Have a Happy Halloween and KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES! ChrisP ______________________ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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/ --
