RE: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

2010-02-09 Thread Shaibal Mitra
l.edu Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture "Is this a migrant, already?" is my question of the day, too. My subject was a Common Merganser on Oakland Lake, Queens, where the species only occurs as a spring migrant. But things could be shuffling around because of ice (Oakland

Re: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

2010-02-08 Thread Steve Walter
g snowfall that fell to our south. Steve Walter Bayside, NY - Original Message - From: fresha2...@aol.com To: NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 1:13 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture Yesterday (Sunday, 2/7) just after 1:00 PM a Black

[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn - Black Vulture

2010-02-07 Thread fresha2411
Yesterday (Sunday, 2/7) just after 1:00 PM a Black Vulture coasted northwest over Prospect Park lake flying extremely high, and almost exclusively soaring. I know Turkey Vultures start migrating in February, but it is still pretty early in the month, and Black Vultures aren't yet common in the