[TN-Bird] Re: Migrating and Roosting Vultures at Norris
- From: "Anna Varney" <livingglassart@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:16:11 -0600
As I write this there is a huge roost of both Black and Turkey Vultures
directly across the road from my house--at least 200 amongst a dozen trees
along with more circling overhead. The trees across the road overlook the
Perryville Marina and a cove that leads to the TN River. We see them
everyday. I've got a great picture that I took on Nov 28 with hundreds of
vultures circling overhead but figured that this was too common of a
situation to post to this list.
Anna Varney
Perryville (Parsons)
Decatur County, TN
On Dec 11, 2007 5:24 PM, Charles P. Nicholson <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> In late February, 2003 I observed a large flock of presumed migrating
> Turkey
> Vultures roosting for the night very close to my house in Norris, Anderson
> County, Tennessee.
>
>
> On November 25, 2007, after returning home late the previous evening from
> being out of town for Thanksgiving, I saw and smelled evidence of a
> comparably sized vulture roost, presumeably occupied the previous night,
> in
> exactly the same place as the 2003 observation. I didn't see any vultures
> roosting there that evening or for the next few evenings.
>
>
>
> On Sunday morning, December 2, a mixed flock of about 40 Turkey Vultures
> and
> 20 Black Vultures was roosting in large trees about 300 yards from the
> site
> of my previous observations. The birds slowly dispersed from the roost
> during the rainy morning and returned late that afternoon. I had to leave
> for work before daylight the next morning and have not seen any roosting
> in
> the area since then.
>
>
>
> Today, December 11, I saw a steady stream of about 250 vultures flying
> over
> Norris towards the southwest between 4:35 and 5:00 PM. The species
> breakdown was about 90% Turkey Vulture and 10% Black Vulture. The birds
> were only a few hundred feet high and continued flying out of my view.
> None
> are presently roosting in the immediate vicinity of my house.
>
>
>
> Perhaps the severe storm to the north of us pushed these birds southward.
> They are a little late, as most migrating vultures pass through in late
> October and November.
>
>
>
> Chuck Nicholson
>
> Norris, TN
>
>
>
>
>
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