Re: vultures

Thanks for your reply and links. We have also seen the communal roosting;
maybe a dozen in one tree, and more nearby. A scene right out of E. A. Poe.
They are big birds, stark in a bare tree.

Steve

"RJP" <pals@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Steve Peterson wrote:
>
>> Where we live, we are on a long gradual slope coming up from a big lake
>> (Jordan Lake for the curious). It seems to generate a good thermal
>> updraft,
>> and lately we see a lot - maybe 50 - of black vultures circling up high.
>> Seems like a lot of big birds for one area. Anyone know how many black
>> vultures there are?
>
> 28,632,472 as of 10 a.m. this morning. :-)
>
> Seriously, Black Vultures are common the in southeastern U.S. and
> have been increasing in numbers in the last 20 years. Here is
> a map of their winter distribution:
> http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/htm96/cbc622/ra3260.html
> Summer distribution is similar except it ranges a little further north.
>
> They are very social birds, which is why you see many together,
> although 50 is a really good slug of them to see at once. Here is
> another article that has some useful info in it, including why they
> usually fly much higher than Turkey Vultures:
> http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mvulture.html
>
>
> Randy
>


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