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Re: Black Vultures displaying

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Marcia Watson

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Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:50:37 -0500

  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



  ---- Original message ----

    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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