Yeah Yeah, it's a Turkey Vulture. I know it's not rare or a bird anyone will go look for.However, I think it noteworthy to advise that late yesterday afternoon, Lisa Teskey and I discovered a wing tagged Turkey Vulture at the Brooks Road landfill, east of Cayuga. The bird was with about 20 other vultures, rummaging through the delicious refuse that Cayugans no longer deem fit to eat. The tag was on the birds right wing, was orange, and had the letter JPL.I have never seen, or heard of any sort of tagging of this species, and have seen thousands of these birds. Hopefully, someone reading this can deliver this info to the right people.
The landfill also hosted hundreds of gulls, mostly Ring-billed, but 4 adult Herring and a first year Great-black Backed was noteworthy for an inland location in early October. This spot should be checked regularly for the rarer gulls as the weather gets colder. Traveling east of Cayuga on Talbot, one will find Brooks road shortly after leaving town, then head north on Brooks, and eventually on the east side of the road, you will see the landfill. Best, Len Manning Lisa Teskey _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
