I was sitting in the parking lot just east of the Ithaca Mall when, at
9:23 this morning the first of nine vultures flew low overhead, from
south to north. The third bird was a Black Vulture with distinct
silvery tips to the wings and ah somewhat shorter tail. I assume that
this was the same bird that Susan Danskin noted a few days ago. In the
next fifteen minutes a total of nine TV's flew over.
As I write this Dave Nutter has called to say that he has the Black
Vulture perched in a tree along with 3 - 4 TV's about 50 yds north of
mailbox 77 on Oak Crest Rd, just north of the mall.
I note also that I was looking out a north window at Kendall two days
ago when several vultures flew over. That was at 8:25 AM. So it looks
like a group of vultures are roosting somewhere in Cayuga Heights and
leave to the north between 8:15 and 9:15 AM
Bob McGuire
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