Turkey Vulture Q

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2 total messages Started by LeeAnne Wed, 13 Oct 1999 00:00

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Author: LeeAnne
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 00:00

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While in Ossippe, NH this past weekend I got a VERY up close look at a
Turkey Vulture (one ugly, but cool, bird IMHO).

We were driving down a well used dirt road when I noticed it sitting in
a tree branch not 20 feet off the road.  I stopped and backed up and of
course he/she flew away to another spot and that is when we noticed that
there were two of them.  The next day, they were still there, but there
were  three of them hanging about.  The day after that we did not see
them, but of course that doesn't mean anything :-) we could've missed
them.

They were hanging about in trees that are on a banking that slopes down
to a small river.  I thought it odd for them to be hanging around and I
figured if there were something dead around that they would be eating
it.

Do they normally just "hang out"?  Usually I see them flying overhead.
Do you think they could have been resting on their migration?

Thanks
LeeAnne

Re: Turkey Vulture Q

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Author: iris@prado.com.s
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:00

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On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:20:09 GMT, LeeAnne
<leeanne@nospams.mindless.com> wrote, regarding turkey vultures:

>They were hanging about in trees that are on a banking that slopes down
>to a small river.  I thought it odd for them to be hanging around and I
>figured if there were something dead around that they would be eating
>it.
>
>Do they normally just "hang out"?  Usually I see them flying overhead.
>Do you think they could have been resting on their migration?


They do here, but in the San Francisco Bay Area they are common year
round residents. They sit in the sun because it straightens their
flight feathers. It's a sort of solar preening.

Also, just in general, there aren't always good thermals for cruising,
and their choice is to flap or to rest.

They're cool :)

Mary
http://www.prado.com/~iris

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