[TN-Bird] Re: Vulture nests
- From: Ryan Kamp <lewa_green@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:49:42 -0700 (PDT)
This doesn't directly have much to do with the nest-or-no-nest
discussion itself, but I've also heard of Vultures (I think they were
Black Vultures) nesting in barn roofs/lofts. One family in particular I
know had them nest in their barn roof, and the young became so tame that they
would walk right up to people, perch on the porch, eat cat food
from the deck, etc. They weren't birders, so I'm not sure how much they
knew not to purposefully tame them, but the Vultures nested there more than
once.
For the nest discussion, I'm another one of the number that hasn't heard of
them nesting up in trees before.
Ryan Trenkamp
Niota
McMinn County
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to
remain silent."
- Thomas Jefferson
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From: Marty <martydehart6@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 6:46 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Vulture nests
I've seen Black Vulture nests in old abandoned farm sheds, too. Probably feels
like a cave to them.
Marty DeHart
Bon Aqua, TN
On 3/21/2013 1:13 PM
, Aborn, David wrote:
>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
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>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
>
>Carol Reese
>Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
>University of Tennessee Extension Service
>605 Airways Blvd.
>Jackson TN 38301
>731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx
>
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