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<a href="../200805/11273.html">previous message in threa Hi all, 2 TURKEY VULTURES north side of HWY101 just east of exit 18 (middleton)...feasting on carcass. (26 may). Wonder if these are same Richard referred to... James. On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 5:48 PM, dowitcher <dowitcher@eastlink.ca> wrote: > we had 10 turkey vultures's soaring around here on the island today > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Stern > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:17 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Turkey Vultures... + recent trip > Hi, > > I agree with Dave and Sharon's observations re: Brier Island. Also, for the > last 10 years or so they have been encroaching into other areas of SW NS, > esp. Yarmouth Co. Now in the last year or so there are more and more > sightings from elsewhere in the province, as Joan Cz. has noted. They seem > to be regular now in scattered areas of King's Co., and for the last 2-3 > years ther has beeen a small group (? family) between Middleton and the 101. > There was apparently a nest found a number of years ago on Digby Neck, but > it was kept pretty secret. > > Liz and I have just come back from 10 days visiting friends in N. and > S.Carolina, where they were in small flocks in the sky nearly all the time > and everywhere (the Vultures, not the friends!). It was not really a birding > trip, although I did see 88 species, and I was able to re-acquaint myself > with the songs of Carolina Wrens, Towhees, Cardinals, Tufted Titmice, > Scarlet Tanagers, E.Bluebirds, a Chuck-Will's Widow, etc., and was also > able to take a lot of photos. Oddly enough, although I was thrilled by all > those southern species that we only occasionally see in NS, the "best bird" > was an alternate plumaged Blackpoll Warbler, foraging by a stream in a > wooded area in a subdivision in Cary, near Raleigh - I suspect most unusual > in that situation. > > Richard > > > > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Dave/Sharon <dash.bi@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote: >> >> It would be interesting to know where these birds were observed originally >> in the maritimes. Here on Brier Island they have been residents for 20 yrs >> or more. This is of course a questimate but should be in the ball park. Some >> of our senior Birders should have some info on this. >> Dave > > > > -- > ################# > Dr.Richard Stern, > 70 Exhibition St. > Kentville, NS, Canada > B4N 4K9 > > Richard Stern, > 317 Middle Dyke Rd. > Port Williams, NS, Canada > B0P 1T0 > > rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca > rbstern@xcountry.tv > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### -- James Churchill Berwick, Nova Scotia jameslchurchill@gmail.com mobile: (902) 698-3402
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