[TN-Bird] Vulture nests
- From: "Aborn, David" <David-Aborn@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-birds Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:13:57 +0000
Black vultures do not use hawk nests, at least not that I have ever seen
personally or have read about. They lay their eggs straight on the ground,
usually in a cave, rock outcropping, or hollow tree. It is probably just
coincidental that the vultures are perched on/near the nest tree.
David Aborn
Chattanooga, TN
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I see a big bulky nest of sticks and twigs in the valley below my house 2 - 2 ½
feet wide or so, up in the crotch of a tall tree. I have seen nothing sitting
in it, but I see black vultures near it many times throughout the day, often
sitting in trees near it.
I know that vultures don't build nests, but wonder if they ever borrow old hawk
nests?
"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot."
- Aldo Leopold<http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/43828.Aldo_Leopold>
Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx<mailto:jreese5@xxxxxxx>
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