At 07:41 PM 10/14/2009, Dave Nutter wrote:
>Today was a big day for Turkey Vulture migration. I think it was around
>2:30-3pm as I drove from Ithaca College to the airport I saw about 100,
>about 1/5 strung out over south hill to go up the Cayuga Inlet valley, 3/5
>in a big kettle over NYS 13 just east of Warren Road, the a few minutes
>later the other 1/5 working their way south over the airport, Sapsucker
>Woods and the Northeast neighborhood, plus others during the day.
>
May be I watched the same group of Vultures from the campus. I was walking
from BTI to Day Hall and right near Dairy Bar I saw this huge congregation
at 15 to 10 minutes before 3.00 pm. It reminded me of Veracruz hawk watch
as they were gaining height. I also saw several Red-tailed Hawks, they were
way above vultures and they were going simply non stop and were slightly
bigger than dots. I must have seen at least 10 of them.
Then another group of TV's was seen from Uris Library around 3.10 PM that
were mainly flying over downtown Ithaca and I would think about 25 of them.
I also saw a COOPER's HAWK from my office window heading south east.
>
Meena Haribal
Ithaca NY 14850
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Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m
Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m
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