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I see Vultures over my place almost every day - I'm at Round Hill
beside Round Hill River (that's a few kilometres west of Bridgetown).
They fly over my place on their way out onto the Pré Rond peninsula
where there is a very large poultry farm. I believe it is mainly a
Turkey operation. I haven't checked into this, but I suspect they
must dispose of dead birds somewhere on their property on a regular
basis as the Vultures seem to go over my place around the same time
each day. I now have Eagles around my place too. They seem to be
living upstream on Round Hill River and fly along the river heading
out to the peninsula and nearby Belle Isle Marsh. I suspect they may
also be going to the poultry farm. Over a year ago, I photographed an
eagle flying upstream over the river. It had quite a large young
goose that it was carrying by the throat. I didn't actually see that
until I was editing the photo. I am guessing it caught the goose at
Belle Isle Marsh as it was coming from that direction. I'm seeing
more Eagles lately. A few months ago, there was an immature Eagle
sitting on the limb of one of the Black Locusts on my property,
savagely ripping apart a large piece of carrion -- what looked to be
the leg of a deer. On Sunday, I stepped out the front door of my
place with the dogs and flushed a mature Eagle that must have been
perched in that tree in my yard. It flew in slow circles above my
lawn before flying off up the river. I have been concerned that the
presence of Eagles would disturb the Osprey that nest on the power
corridor towers above Round Hill Cemetery which is across the road
from my place. The Osprey have been there for many years. However,
they were nesting there again this year, so at least they have not
left the area. I quite enjoy seeing them fly over my place carrying
fish that they must catch either in Round Hill River or out on the
Annapolis River.
bev
Round Hill
On 12/5/19, Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> I have also wondered why the west end of the valley is dominated by
> turkey vultures while the east end is the domain of the eagle. Is it
> possible the vultures would also be in the east in larger numbers if it
> were not for such a large, established eagle population? Our lack of
> large poultry operations down this way keeps the eagle population lower
> than in the east, presumably. I hope someone is eventually able to
> explain the mystery of the localized Turkey Vulture population here.
> There are lots of fruit growers here (apples, blueberries, raspberries,
> etc) and those crops attract a lot of raccoons, skunks, etc. The road
> kill numbers provide a handy index of their numbers, and presumably a
> good food supply for the vultures.
>
> I drove by about a dozen of them two mornings ago on the 201, all
> perched close together on a lawn. I couldn't glimpse what had attracted
> them, but it was interesting to see so many of them up close. There is
> a lady in Centrelea who feeds them meat from a local meat shop all
> winter long. Birders will have no trouble figuring out which house it
> is. Crows, a few eagles, and other species, go there, too.
>
> In any case, I think I'll take the vultures over the eagles for now. At
> least the former does not prey upon the chicks of osprey and loons.
>
> Donna Crossland
>
> Tupperville
>
>
> On 2019-12-05 6:44 p.m., Richard Stern wrote:
>> The Bridgetown flock seems to be getting bigger with time. 3 of us saw
>> 42 circling over the town one evening last winter, and others
>> have noted similar numbers in the area.I have seen them on the ground
>> there in the ball field, and also around the farm near the 101 just
>> west of town, as well as roosting in trees along the main street. They
>> can also regularly be seen soaring over the various roads between
>> Middleton and Annapolis Royal - presumably part of the same flock. I
>> don't know why that particular area supports such a large flock, while
>> otherwise they are common in the Yarmouth area and Digby Neck/ Brier
>> Island, with the range of individuals now spreading farther north and
>> into Cape Breton. They are being reported year round, but seem to be
>> more abundant in winter.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 6:27 PM fm.lourie <fm.lourie@eastlink.ca
>> <mailto:fm.lourie@eastlink.ca>> wrote:
>>
>> A large group of Turkey vultures have lived on the north mountain
>> area in Bridgetown for many years. Last week I saw a flock of 10
>> in Bridgetown.
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com <mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com>>
>> Date: 2019-12-05 4:08 a.m. (GMT-04:00)
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Turkey Vulture
>>
>> Not considered “rare” but there are very few sightings of TVs
>> along the south shore during the winter period (Dec-Feb) on eBird
>> I suspect that will change in future for these clever scavengers.
>> Thank you for bringing this one to our attention for the NSBS
>> Records on eBird.
>>
>> Nancy D
>>
>> > On Dec 4, 2019, at 10:57 PM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com
>> <mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Today in Petite Riviere Mark Crouse spotted a turkey vulture on
>> his property that was feasting on the remains of a porcupine.
>> >
>> > James R. Hirtle
>> > LaHave
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> #################
>> Richard Stern,
>> Port Williams, NS, Canada
>> sternrichard@gmail.com <mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com>
>> ###################
>
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