Hello all.

I got out for a few hours this morning and found a few birds of note. A total of 53 Black Vultures were roosting with a handful of Turkey Vultures (8) on a neighboring property and eventually found a nice thermal and were off. Not often that Black Vultures beat Turkey Vultures 53-8. 

Brandon Woods Fields/Chestnut Hill Cove: Highlights out of 39 species:

Black Vulture : 53  All of them were roosting off of Solley Road 
Turkey Vulture: 8  
Red-tailed Hawk: 1 A loud one near the power line cut, local bird
Osprey: 1 
Killdeer: 2
Northern Flicker: 6
Pileated Woodpecker: 1
Eastern Bluebird: 3
Eastern Towhee: 7
Song Sparrow: 12
Savannah Sparrow: 2
Swamp Sparrow: 3
White-throated Sparrow: 28
Dark-eyed Junco: 20+
Eastern Meadowlark: 1  Near the power line cut
American Goldfinch: 11
House Finch: 4

Butterflies:
Cabbage White: 1
Mourning Cloak: 1

Matt Grey
Pasadena