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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font>& This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_zbnGkGLAEeZ8t+L6tKjB2Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT 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 =========================== Lance Laviolette Glen Robertson, Ontario lance.laviolette@lmco.com =========================== --Boundary_(ID_zbnGkGLAEeZ8t+L6tKjB2Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3314" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=028271013-28052008>Jim Wolford wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=028271013-28052008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>> </FONT></SPAN>I can add to Dave/Sharon's query about TURKEY VULTURES on Brier <SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>Island, and perhaps Lance or someone else can embellish or correct this? <SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>I started birding on Brier Island in 1976, and in those days Wickerson Lent <SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>was the lightkeeper at Northern Light. He was for a long time of the opinion <SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>(starting when?) that this species very probably nested on the island. <SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008></SPAN> </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 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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </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> </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> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Lance</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=028271013-28052008><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>===========================</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Lance Laviolette</FONT></SPAN>