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Here's a new one on me...
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:41:27 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:52:20 -0500, thunder wrote: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:36 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. :) While I've never seen them on my house, it's not that unusual to see them roosting together, especially at this time of year. They are gregarious when roosting, and are starting their southern migration. They look like Turkey Vultures, but there is a slight chance they are Black Vultures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Black_Vulture I wasn't sure myself to be totally honest, but I looked at my field guide. Definetly a black vulture. I called the orthano...oritha....orathe... the bird dude at the local Audubon Society and sent him the pictures - black vultures. He was surprized to seem that many of them this far north of New Jersey - normally, according to him anyway, you seldom see them north of Long Island Sound - almost always in ones and twos. Yeah, that's why I was saying a "slight chance" of being Black Vultures. They are expanding northward, but I've never seen a group that large. Most of the vultures you will see, are Turkey Vultures. Under learn something new everyday, I found out that they are active hunters for small game, birds and such. Didn't know that. Vultures also have a well developed sense of smell that they use for locating carrion. They also use urohydrosis. I'll let you look that up. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urohydrosis |
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Here's a new one on me...
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:54:24 -0500, thunder
wrote: On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:41:27 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:52:20 -0500, thunder wrote: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:36 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. :) While I've never seen them on my house, it's not that unusual to see them roosting together, especially at this time of year. They are gregarious when roosting, and are starting their southern migration. They look like Turkey Vultures, but there is a slight chance they are Black Vultures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Black_Vulture I wasn't sure myself to be totally honest, but I looked at my field guide. Definetly a black vulture. I called the orthano...oritha....orathe... the bird dude at the local Audubon Society and sent him the pictures - black vultures. He was surprized to seem that many of them this far north of New Jersey - normally, according to him anyway, you seldom see them north of Long Island Sound - almost always in ones and twos. Yeah, that's why I was saying a "slight chance" of being Black Vultures. They are expanding northward, but I've never seen a group that large. Most of the vultures you will see, are Turkey Vultures. I'm very familiar with turkey vultures - see 'em all the time around here and they are unmistakeable. That's what surprized me - you see the occasional black vulture, but not that many in one place at the same time. Under learn something new everyday, I found out that they are active hunters for small game, birds and such. Didn't know that. Vultures also have a well developed sense of smell that they use for locating carrion. They also use urohydrosis. I'll let you look that up. ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroydrosis Heh - know what that is don't even have to go look. :) |
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#3
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Here's a new one on me...
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:41:27 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:52:20 -0500, thunder wrote: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:36 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. :) While I've never seen them on my house, it's not that unusual to see them roosting together, especially at this time of year. They are gregarious when roosting, and are starting their southern migration. They look like Turkey Vultures, but there is a slight chance they are Black Vultures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Black_Vulture I wasn't sure myself to be totally honest, but I looked at my field guide. Definetly a black vulture. I called the orthano...oritha....orathe... the bird dude at the local Audubon Society and sent him the pictures - black vultures. He was surprized to seem that many of them this far north of New Jersey - normally, according to him anyway, you seldom see them north of Long Island Sound - almost always in ones and twos. Under learn something new everyday, I found out that they are active hunters for small game, birds and such. Didn't know that. You don't suppose Nancy Pelosi was in the neighborhood, do you? |
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Here's a new one on me...
On Oct 15, 4:56*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. *:) Tom, maybe there's trying to tell you something. When was the last time you had a check up. |
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Here's a new one on me...
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:10:08 -0400, Gene
wrote: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:36 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. :) Maybe it is! We have the same thing occurring here. Never, in anybody's recollection, have there been this many buzzards. Where there used to be one or two, now there are large flocks.... Weird. They sense 2012 coming. Or evolution enjoys irony... -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:47:25 -0700, jps wrote:
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:01:19 -0500, wrote: On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:10:08 -0400, Gene wrote: On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:36 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. :) Maybe it is! We have the same thing occurring here. Never, in anybody's recollection, have there been this many buzzards. Where there used to be one or two, now there are large flocks.... Weird. They sense 2012 coming. Or evolution enjoys irony... You're anthropomorphizing buzzards or can you talk to them like Harry Potter speaks with snakes? Are you the buzzard whisperer? You're just a little too anxious to provoke belligerency, JPS. Here's a leisurely read that might help you to relax a bit: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/...animal_eqs.php -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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Here's a new one on me...
"Gene" wrote in message
... On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:36 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. :) Maybe it is! We have the same thing occurring here. Never, in anybody's recollection, have there been this many buzzards. Where there used to be one or two, now there are large flocks.... Weird. I don't think any one event can have a direct link to adverse climate change. It's a pattern, mostly of high and increased variability. Global Warming isn't the correct nomenclature for what's going on. The correct term is Adverse Climate Change, which is attributed to our pollution. -- Nom=de=Plume |
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Here's a new one on me...
In article ,
says... "Gene" wrote in message ... On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:36 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. :) Maybe it is! We have the same thing occurring here. Never, in anybody's recollection, have there been this many buzzards. Where there used to be one or two, now there are large flocks.... Weird. I don't think any one event can have a direct link to adverse climate change. It's a pattern, mostly of high and increased variability. Global Warming isn't the correct nomenclature for what's going on. The correct term is Adverse Climate Change, which is attributed to our pollution. Global taxing, climate change... Health care reform, Health Insurance reform... Create jobs, save jobs... Change, repair... LOL, see a pattern here?? |
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Here's a new one on me...
"Tosk" wrote in message
... In article , says... "Gene" wrote in message ... On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:36 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: In thirty years, I have never seen this happen before. http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zzards%20I.jpg http://www.swsports.org/images/Pictu...zards%20II.jpg Nine black buzzards on the main house and another six on the guest house and an additional eleven in the trees - that picture didn't come out that well. 26 black buzzards in one place at the same time. Must be global warming. :) Maybe it is! We have the same thing occurring here. Never, in anybody's recollection, have there been this many buzzards. Where there used to be one or two, now there are large flocks.... Weird. I don't think any one event can have a direct link to adverse climate change. It's a pattern, mostly of high and increased variability. Global Warming isn't the correct nomenclature for what's going on. The correct term is Adverse Climate Change, which is attributed to our pollution. Global taxing, climate change... Health care reform, Health Insurance reform... Create jobs, save jobs... Change, repair... LOL, see a pattern here?? Lack of education and/or inability of those on the right to logical argument? -- Nom=de=Plume |
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