[NatureNS] black vulture from C.B., now at Hope For Wildlife

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:25:48 -0400
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> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: black vulture from C.B., now at Hope For Wildlife
> Date: November 6, 2015 at 4:52:55 PM AST
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Hope Swinimer =
<hopeswinimer@gmail.com>, "Hope Swinimer >" =
<hopeswinnimer@accesswave.ca>
> Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Helene Van Doninck =
<helene.birdvet@gmail.com>
>=20
> NOV. 5, 2015 - On CBC Radio=92s Maritime Noon, Norma Lee interviewed =
Hope Swinimer of Hope For Wildlife rehab. ctr., about a BLACK VULTURE =
that for a couple of weeks was behaving weirdly/tamely at people=92s =
doorsteps somewhere in Cape Breton.  Then, after a few phone =
conversations with Hope, someone caught the vulture by hand and managed =
to get the bird to Hope for Wildlife in Seaforth on the Eastern Shore.  =
Now it is doing well there and hopefully can be released to the wild in =
the future, perhaps spring, maybe in the Annapolis Valley somewhere, =
where it might be able to associate with turkey vultures?
>=20
> Hope mentioned that this black vulture was far north of its usual =
range, but she misled the listeners by suggesting its main range was in =
South America.  It is quite common to abundant in the southeastern =
states, especially Florida, and she did say it strays regularly to =
Massachusetts (and Nova Scotia has accumulated a lot of records, nearly =
all single strays). =20
>=20
> Hope mentioned that black vultures have no sense of smell, or very =
little, in contrast to the turkey vulture which has that sense well =
developed.  According to Hope, black vultures often associate with =
turkey vultures and probably get to share the carcasses that the latter =
detect.
>=20
> If any readers know more about where the black vulture was captured, =
please let us know.
>=20
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.


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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><br><div>Begin =
forwarded message:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div =
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margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, =
0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;<br><=
/span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>black vulture =
from C.B., now at Hope For Wildlife</b><br></span></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, =
0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">November 6, 2015 at 4:52:55 PM =
AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;, Hope Swinimer &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:hopeswinimer@gmail.com">hopeswinimer@gmail.com</a>&gt;, =
"Hope Swinimer &gt;" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:hopeswinnimer@accesswave.ca">hopeswinnimer@accesswave.ca</a=
>&gt;<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: =
</b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;, =
Helene Van Doninck &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a>&gt;<=
br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" =
content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>NOV. 5, 2015</b> - On =
CBC Radio=92s <b>Maritime Noon</b>, Norma Lee interviewed <b>Hope =
Swinimer</b> of Hope For Wildlife rehab. ctr., about a <b>BLACK =
VULTURE</b> that for a couple of weeks was behaving weirdly/tamely at =
people=92s doorsteps somewhere in Cape Breton.&nbsp; Then, after a few =
phone conversations with Hope, someone caught the vulture by hand and =
managed to get the bird to Hope for Wildlife in Seaforth on the Eastern =
Shore.&nbsp; Now it is doing well there and hopefully can be released to =
the wild in the future, perhaps spring, maybe in the Annapolis Valley =
somewhere, where it might be able to associate with turkey =
vultures?</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: =
14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Hope mentioned that this =
black vulture was far north of its usual range, but she misled the =
listeners by suggesting its main range was in South America.&nbsp; It is =
quite common to abundant in the southeastern states, especially Florida, =
and she did say it strays regularly to Massachusetts (and Nova Scotia =
has accumulated a lot of records, nearly all single strays). =
&nbsp;</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px;">Hope mentioned that <b>black vultures have no =
sense of smell</b>, or very little, in contrast to the turkey vulture =
which has that sense well developed.&nbsp; According to Hope, <b>black =
vultures often associate with turkey vultures</b> and probably get to =
share the carcasses that the latter detect.</div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">If any =
readers know more about where the black vulture was captured, please let =
us know.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: =
0px;">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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