Phil,
I also saw behavior like you describe, this past
Sunday, with two vultures over the wooded stream
valley behind our house in Bowie. I was startled
because I have never seen Black Vultures move that
fast and with such agility - usually, unless in full
soar, they look as if they are struggling to get
airborne. This pair was zooming and one of them did
a full roll. I too interpreted it as courting
behavior. The Yellow Book (aka Field List of the
Birds of Maryland) gives the earliest egg date in MD
as March 14, so courting as this time of year is
perhaps not unexpected.
Marcia
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Marcia Watson
Bowie, MD
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Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 13:29:53 -0500
From: Philip Brody <>
Subject: Black Vultures displaying
To:
>I just saw what I thought was an unusual sight.
Over our wooded valley. Two Black Vultures
engaging in what appeared to be a courting
display. Who's familiar with this behavior? Is
this connected with the warm weather ? Is this a
normal time of the year ? They were relatively low
and moved rapidly wheeling with dihedral oriented
wings.
>
>Phil Brody
>Bethesda (Bannockburn)
>
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