[bcbirdclub] Re: Black Vulture with Tag
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- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 9:29:39 -0500
Jerry this type of tagging method is used to identify birds without having to
recapture them. I would not know the reason that particular Vulture was tagged
but it could have been done for some type of population interaction or flock
movement study. To Bad you were unable to get the markings off of the tag it
would have been fun to find out where the Vulture had first been tagged and
what study it was involved in. The Black Vulture has been causing a lot of
problems for farmers and some urban residents in recent years. Here in Russell
County at Huffman hill one year there was a flock that numbered in the hundreds
roosting on a man's house and the trees around his yard. Needless to say he
was not a happy man. So they have attracted a lot of attention lately with an
interest on how to deal with these birds and the problems they are causing.
--
Bob(Be Birding) Riggs
Lebanon, Va.
---- Jerry Thornhill <jthill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I sent this on Thursday, but it hasn't appeared yet. I seem to be having
> trouble with my posts to the list as this is at least three times when a
> post was either delayed for more than 24 hours or was returned as
> undeliverable. I apologize if the original decides to show up as well. Of
> course, that assumes that this one will appear.
>
> Original:
>
> This morning, I saw 6 Black Vultures in a field along Hayter's Gap Road
> (this is the road you take from US 19 to head towards the Mud Hole and Corn
> Valley). As I drove by, I noticed a tag on the top of the right wing of one
> of them. I stopped and backed up to get a better look, but the vultures
> flew off. The one with the tag landed not too far away but was turned in a
> direction that kept me from reading the tag which had some large lettering
> on it. The tag itself was white and about 2" wide and 3" long. Do any of
> you know about this kind of tagging of vultures?
>
> After I sent the post, I remembered having read that vultures urinate on
> their legs after eating to disinfect them and also to cool themselves when
> they're too hot. The urine tends to destroy traditional leg bands. Is this
> correct? It would be an explanation for the wing tag method.
>
> Jerry
> Rockdell, VA
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