My goodness, that is A LOT of birds!
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Great video of hawks kettling at Smith Point Hawk Watch. It is truly amazing
how many birds pass through there. I never was lucky enough to see this many
when I went!
Kassie
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 12:21 PM Floyd and Clarice Robertson
<47robertson02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:47robertson02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
A couple of days ago, Clarice and I saw a flock of at least 20 Turkey Vultures,
circling as you described.
They use the thermal updrafts for lift. I have heard this called 'kettling'.
This is not feeding behavior.
I understand that it is a communication method, alert to prepare for migration.
They may be about to depart soon.
Floyd Robertson
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I had a friend call me yesterday to ask why she sees buzzards "drifting"
overhead her house...are they migrating through? She wondered if something
was dead in her neighborhood attracting them, but I told her I didn't think
they were feeding? Pat J
Dr. George W. Jury
Pat Jury
3807 75th Place
Lubbock, TX 79423
