[va-bird] Cartwheeling Black Vultures

  • From: "Joanna Taylor" <jandrtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "VA-BIRS POST" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:21:59 -0500

Today I saw two Black Vultures do the lock-talons and cart-wheel
thing in the air as if they were eagles or hawks.  I have never seen this
behavior by vultures before, but I assume it is part of pair-bonding.
I can't imagine storks doing this, so I hope the taxonomists are
right.

Cheers,  Joanna


Joanna B. Taylor
Arlington, VA
jandrtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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