Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:29:05 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Leslie Fisher Subject: Re: Turkey Vulture behavior MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all: My guess would be that, given the usual late afternoon time of sighting, they are looking for a place to roost. Hope they dont decide to sit on your roof!! Leslie Fisher June Tveekrem wrote: > A bird behavior question for anyone who can answer: > > For the past 2 weeks I've had a group of 6 to 8 Turkey Vultures circling over my immediate neighborhood (often right over my house) at a low altitude -- about treetop level -- every day. I've seen them at several different times of day, but particularly in the late afternoon. I have not found any large carcasses around, nor unusual numbers of small carcasses. Certainly Turkey Vultures are abundant in the area, but I've been living in this house for 7 years and have never seen a group of Vultures so dedicated to the immediate neighborhood. > > The neighborhood consists of detached single-family houses on approx. 1/4 acre plots. There are a lot of mature trees. There is a bike path running through part of the neighborhood, along a small creek. > > Why would the Vultures suddenly be hanging around like that? What are they looking for? Food only? A place to roost maybe? > > ================================= > June Tveekrem > Columbia, Howard County, MD > tweekiebird@toadmail.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =======================================================================