| I know where the farm stand is. Within walking distance. Will check it out.
Anne Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2024, at 10:33 AM, t...@ottcmail.com wrote:
Could be these are bonded birds hanging out together but actual
courtship seems to be more active and to involve display, or at
least the male lifting & holding his wings over his head - see Birds
by Bent. (Note that the months given in that account might
not apply now - at the time it was written, Black Vultures were only
in the south, plus and it was colder everywhere in February and
March than it is now.)
On 3/7/2024 10:20 AM, Dave Nutter
wrote:
I just spent a little over an hour watching a pair of Black
Vultures atop the concrete smokestack low on South Hill in the
City of Ithaca. That’s at the old Morse Chain / Emerson Power
Transmission factory. I can scope it from my house, and it’s
probably visible from numerous locations around the City. I use
the term “pair” intentionally, because they seemed very
comfortable and friendly with each other, each almost touching the
other with its bill on several occasions, although most of the
time there was very little happening. I don’t know what
constitutes courtship among Black Vultures, but this seemed to be
more than the coincidental convenience of a place to rest. When
they took flight, they flew together, mostly staying within the
same scope view. Unlike last fall when I often saw Black Vultures
fly well above downtown on their way NE toward trees in
Collegetown, today they glided N, descending slowly, in front of
the taller buildings near the Commons (i.e. lower than them) and
down toward treetop level. When I lost view of them due to closer
obstructions, they were due E of me, which is the latitude of
Cascadilla St & Farm St. I don’t know whether there is some
food source or nest site in the N half of downtown Ithaca, but
that would be my guess, unless they have some other destination
and it’s worth flying so low just to avoid fighting today’s 10mph
NW wind. Anyway, for those interested in where the Black Vultures
nest this year, I think we have a pair in the City of Ithaca, it
wouldn’t surprise me if they nest here, and it wouldn’t surprise
me if their courtship is carried out on top of that smokestack.
- - Dave Nutter
The barn is between Freeville & McLean, more
specifically along the SE side of Fall Creek Rd between Red
Mill Rd & Malloryville Rd. Google maps shows a building
complex associated with a closed farm stand. Below is the
eBird rare bird report which I saved. The record doesn’t
show up in the eBird database if you search Black Vulture,
but I am still able to access it from this link, so it
hasn’t been deleted, revised, or hidden, I guess just not
confirmed.
- - Dave Nutter
Seems to me unlikely that many black vultures are
nesting north of us. We should see more incl juveniles
in fall. Maybe I haven’t been on top of the
observations, but doesn’t match my memory. So migrating
through????
Where’s this barn? Near McLean or Lime Hollow?
I will say that I haven’t seen them overhead here
just outside of Freeville but I am completely
capable of missing birds, even big black ones I
should be noticing. 😬
Anne
Sent from my iPhone
Paul Rodewald said a pair of Black Vultures
seemed to be prospecting a barn recently
between Freeville & Cortland.
Last year the number of sightings
over downtown Ithaca & lower S Hill,
& near Titus Flats/ Wegmans/ the
Elmira Rd strip seemed like some
affinity - maybe nesting nearby? Or is
it just that there are lots of potential
observers, and they are conspicuous so
they get reported more here even though
they travel widely? Anyway it seems to
be continuing. Is there a food source
for them in the neighborhood? Or did
they nest here?
I wonder how many
pairs we are dealing with, how
many birds are local, and how many
of the birds seen recently have
been migrating through.
- - Dave
Nutter
Let’s try to
figure out where they nest this
year!!
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar
4, 2024, at 12:04 PM, Laura
Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu>
wrote:
A new
yard bird this morning over Hunt
Hill Road. Two black vultures
circling each other just flew
over.
Laura
Laura
Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu
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