[NatureNS] re TVultures on Brier Is., and cardinals in Yarmouth

Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:33:02 -0400
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Jim Wolford wrote:
 
> I can add to Dave/Sharon's query about TURKEY VULTURES on Brier  
> Island, and perhaps Lance or someone else can embellish or correct
this?   
> I started birding on Brier Island in 1976, and in those days Wickerson
Lent  
> was the lightkeeper at Northern Light.  He was for a long time of the
opinion  
> (starting when?) that this species very probably nested on the island.

 
The only breeding evidence that I know of for Turkey Vultures on Brier
Island is that birds have been seen during the breeding season. I don't
think Brier has the topography for Turkey Vultures to nest in a
'natural' setting. That leaves abandoned buildings. They can be
surprisingly secretive for such a large bird. There may be a little used
seasonal camp somewhere that might host a nest or may have hosted a nest
in the past. I don't have a record of an immature bird having been seen
on Brier but perhaps Eric Mills, Richard Stern or someone else as seen a
young bird there.
 
As you pointed out, they've been seen around the island for a long time.
Tufts' Birds of Nova Scotia indicates that adults have been seen
regularly around Brier Island since 1974 but there are records in the
province going back as far as the end of the nineteenth century! 
 
All the best,
 
Lance
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Lance Laviolette 
Glen Robertson, Ontario 
lance.laviolette@lmco.com 
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
class=028271013-28052008>Jim Wolford wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>&gt;&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN>I can add to Dave/Sharon's query 
about TURKEY VULTURES on Brier&nbsp;<SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT 
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>&gt;</FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN>Island, and perhaps Lance or 
someone else can embellish or correct this?&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN 
class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>&gt;</FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN>I started birding on Brier Island 
in 1976, and in those days Wickerson Lent&nbsp;<SPAN 
class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>&gt;</FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN>was the lightkeeper at Northern 
Light. &nbsp;He was for a long time of the opinion&nbsp;<SPAN 
class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>&gt;</FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN>(starting when?) that this species 
very probably nested on the island.&nbsp;&nbsp;<SPAN 
class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>The only breeding evidence that I know of for Turkey 
Vultures on Brier Island is that birds have been seen during the breeding 
season. I don't think Brier has the topography for Turkey Vultures&nbsp;to nest 
in a 'natural' setting. That leaves&nbsp;abandoned buildings. They can be 
surprisingly secretive for such a large bird. There may be a little used 
seasonal camp somewhere&nbsp;that might host a nest or&nbsp;may have&nbsp;hosted 
a nest in the past. I don't have a record of an immature bird having been seen 
on Brier but perhaps Eric Mills, Richard Stern or someone else as seen a young 
bird there.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>As you pointed out, they've been seen around the island for 
a long time. Tufts' Birds of Nova Scotia indicates that adults have been seen 
regularly around Brier Island since 1974 but there are records in the province 
going back as far as the end of the nineteenth century! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>All the best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>Lance</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>===========================</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT 
face="Courier New" size=2>Lance Laviolette</FONT></SPAN>