Apologies for the delay. This afternoon (7 May) about 1:30pm while I was driving south on NYS 13/34/96 I saw a BLACK VULTURE with 2 TURKEY VULTURES, all circling over the intersection where 13 splits/joins with 34/96. I pulled over first on the road shoulder for awkward binocular views through the windshield, then at the closed road to the Robert Treman SP camping, and with much effort managed to get the bird in my scope (compact cars are not designed for raptor scoping!). It was backlit and I could get no color on it, but the broader wings, more substantial neck, and much shorter tail fanned wider with sharper corners, along with flatter wings all led to my ID. It headed south over Inlet Valley and disappeared behind trees on the near hillside. I drove up 13, down Decker, and refound it by Decker & 34/96 (more awkward scoping) as it returned from the east side of the valley, then glided north. After much fussing I managed to get a text to the rare bird alert, but I apologize for not notifying the list. On my return trip with a passenger I re-found the bird at 2:09pm. It was over the east side of Inlet Valley near Lick Brook and heading north with considerable flapping. Over South Meadow Street later on that same trip I saw a BALD EAGLE glide southeast overhead, but I don't know its age as I was reluctant to use binoculars in moving traffic with a customer in the car. --Dave Nutter
-- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
