Earlier today (~12:15 PM), there were 6 Black Vultures kettling together a mile and a half or so SSW of Prospect Park, as viewed from the Ditmas Park section of Flatbush, looking west. They stayed in view for several minutes, allowing Bob Gochfeld and me some satisfactory scope views, though they were quite distant. They were, as one might expect, drifting north.
This species, though expanding, is still fairly rare on Long Island at any time of the year, and this is the highest count for Black Vulture that I can find in eBird for Long Island or Manhattan (the previous highest in the system being 3, I think). Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
