Thursday, January 30, 2014

Bird Migration

This post is a question for all the birders who read my blog. Are the turkey vultures migrating right now? This morning we were driving in central Mesa, AZ, and saw a large flock of turkey vultures. They were perched on electric poles, light poles and electric lines. Some were circling in the sky. There were no other birds in evidence. And we don't know of any disaster that would generate lots of dead bodies to attract them. We have never seen more than one of two at a time in the sky over the city, so we wonder if they have begun to migrate north.

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  1. I don't know the answer to that or if they even migrate, but coincidentally, Ron and I saw a mess of the one day about two weeks ago near the Superstition Springs mall.

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    1. I'm sure they were making a mess. And they were above Southern on the north side of Superstition Springs Mall.

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  2. According to my Audubon Society Field Guide to North America Birds - Western Edition: "In the West, winters in California (locally) and southern Arizona." I guess that makes them, wait for it...snowbirds. Maybe they're heading to Quartzite!!

    Susan
    http://travelbug-susan.blogspot.com

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    1. If so, they'd better hurry before the big tent closes.

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