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Ken McKenna
Box 218 Stellarton NS
B0K 1S0
902 752-7644
Hi Ian
There was also a report of a Black Vulture in the Caribou, Pictou Co.. area last winter. I don't as yet have a specific date, but photos were taken.
Ken
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From: iamclar@dal.ca
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca ; NS-RBA@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 1:24 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] FW: Winter Black Vulture at Dingwall Northern Cape Breton
All:
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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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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From: Bruce Mactavish [mailto:bruce.mactavish1@nf.sympatico.ca]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 6:20 PM
To: Olson, Storrs
Subject: RE: Records from Northern Cape Breton
Storrs,
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. iamclar@dal.ca
Thanks for the reports.
Bruce
Bruce Mactavish
St. John's, Newfoundland
Canada
bruce.mactavish1@nf.sympatico.ca
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From: Olson, Storrs [mailto:OLSONS@si.edu]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:06 PM
To: dalzell@nbnet.nb.ca; bruce.mactavish1@nf.sympatico.ca; maybank@ns.sympatico.ca
Subject: Records from Northern Cape Breton
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.
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.
Storrs L. Olson
Senior Zoologist
Supervisory Curator, Division of Birds
Smithsonian Institution
P. O. Box 37012
Division of Birds, NHB MRC 116
Washington, D. C. 20013-7012
olsons@si.edu
Ph. 202-633-0795
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<DIV>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton NS<BR>B0K 1S0<BR>902 752-7644<BR><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was also a report of a Black Vulture in the
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photos were taken.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] FW: Winter Black
Vulture at Dingwall Northern Cape Breton</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>All:<BR><BR>I wonder if anyone has infformation on this report
of a Black Vulture last<BR>winter? It was not reported in the last issue "Nova
Scotia Birds." It would<BR>not, of course, be our only winter record and is
not the most northerly one,<BR>but it may be the most northerly one for
NS.<BR><BR>Cheers, Ian<BR><BR>----- Forwarded message from <A
href="mailto:OLSONS@si.edu">OLSONS@si.edu</A> -----<BR>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:23:59 -0400<BR> From: "Olson,
Storrs" <OLSONS@si.edu><BR>Reply-To: "Olson, Storrs"
<OLSONS@si.edu><BR> Subject: FW: Records from Northern Cape
Breton<BR>