We definitely are seeing more black vultures in Chemung County and our
environs, though they typically are migrating north.
We now check all vultures seen because we can no longer assume that they will
all be turkey vultures.
And we get at least 1-2 every year for the past few years on at
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 4:21 PM Nancy Cusumano
wrote:
> On birding and bird conservation. Takes a few minutes but worth it.
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> https://boisestate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8B4hsye6hIsgSkl?fbclid=IwAR0ZijtTTttv2Xx0yT7UhnQEGc3SXbFcvDEsUPNb_ETUBchz8p7QUiIQfJQ
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For anyone who saw the survey
This is a good report. We are getting them occasionally now in Broome
County. As far as I know, there is limited ebird use in Chemung Co and no
email list serve so any reports of good birds is welcome. Its only a 45
minutes drive for us and we would love to hear more about their rarities.
On Wed,
5/21: An adult male PAINTED BUNTING was seen and photographed at a feeder in
Syracuse, Onondaga County. Unfortunately the bird was not relocated since.
Joseph Brin
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Not sure how unusual this is, but at 10:35 this morning I was driving east on
I-86 between Lowman and Chemung. North of the highway was a cloud of 20-25
Turkey Vultures about half a mile east of the Lowman exit. With them was at
least one Black Vulture. Traffic was busy so I didn’t have a
