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I wonder if anyone has infformation on this report of a Black Vulture last
winter? It was not reported in the last issue "Nova Scotia Birds." It would
not, of course, be our only winter record and is not the most northerly one,
but it may be the most northerly one for NS.
Cheers, Ian
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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:23:59 -0400
From: "Olson, Storrs" <OLSONS@si.edu>
Reply-To: "Olson, Storrs" <OLSONS@si.edu>
Subject: FW: Records from Northern Cape Breton
To: iamclar@dal.ca
Dear Mr. McLaren,
I wonder if you have heard any reports of a Black Vulture at the
Dingwall dump last winter. This would appear to be the northernmost
record of the species and it is very interesting that the bird
apparently was completely intimidating to ravens, which practically
cleared out while the vulture was present.
Storrs L. Olson
Senior Zoologist
Smithsonian Institution
P. O. Box 37012
Division of Birds, NHB MRC 116
Washington, D. C. 20013-7012
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Mr. McLaren,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> I wonder if you have heard any reports
of a Black Vulture at the Dingwall dump last winter. This would appear to be
the northernmost record of the species and it is very interesting that the bird
apparently was completely intimidating to ravens, which practically cleared out
while the vulture was present. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Storrs L. Olson</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Senior Zoologist</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Smithsonian Institution</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>P. O. Box 37012</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Division of Birds, NHB MRC 116</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Washington, D. C. 20013-7012</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Bruce Mactavish
[mailto:bruce.mactavish1@nf.sympatico.ca] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 05, 2007 6:20
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Olson, Storrs<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: Records from Northern
Cape Breton</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Storrs,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Buff-breasted Sandpiper is regular in
small numbers in Atlantic Canada Mid August to early October. The winter Black
Vulture would be more unusual. The best person to report that to would be Ian
McLaren in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His email address is. <a
href="mailto:iamclar@dal.ca">iamclar@dal.ca</a> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for the reports.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bruce </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Bruce Mactavish</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>St. John's, Newfoundland</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Canada</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>bruce.mactavish1@nf.sympatico.ca</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Olson, Storrs [mailto:OLSONS@si.edu]
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:06
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> dalzell@nbnet.nb.ca;
bruce.mactavish1@nf.sympatico.ca; maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Records from Northern
Cape Breton</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I sent in a report to MacTavish last
August about a Buff-breasted Sandpiper at South Harbour. I did not get a
response so did not report that the same bird was present a week later. I
have no idea whether the first report was published or is scheduled to be but I
can supply the further details just for the record if anyone is keeping track
of such. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Of more importance, I wonder if any
of you have heard a report of a Black Vulture on northern Cape Breton in the
dead of last winter (probably January). I have photos and some
information on behavior, etc., and am working on getting more details. I
would like to write this up for publication but do not want to duplicate
anything that someone else might be doing, although I don't think the record
has come to the attention of birders or ornithologists until now. Is there
a source updating the status of Black Vulture in Nova Scotia since Tuck?
Pretty extraordinary occurrence if you ask me. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Storrs L. Olson</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Senior Zoologist</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Supervisory Curator, Division of
Birds</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Smithsonian Institution</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>P. O. Box 37012</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Division of Birds, NHB MRC 116</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Washington, D. C. 20013-7012</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>olsons@si.edu</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ph. 202-633-0795</span></font></p>
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