[Birdtalk] Turkey Vulture in SLC

[M. H. Wallace]

I just saw two TV's circling over my house (approx 2500 East 3600 South, 
Salt Lake County) and then they lit in a set of tall pine trees in our 
backyard.  One of the birds was missing a single wing flight feather on 
its right wing, roughly where primary and secondary feathers meet.  
(Just in case any of you've seen the same pair...)

This establishes a pattern.  For the past several springs (and autumn 
for that matter) I have seen two or sometimes three TVs circle and land 
in the same set of tall pine trees, shortly before dusk.  They don't 
stay in the area for more than a couple of days and then I don't see 
them again.  It's as if the set of tall pines is a favorite stop-over 
for them in their annual migration.

Matthew Wallace
East Mill Creek

Glen Warchol wrote:
> Saw a TV at 10 a.m. circling over downtown Salt Lake City.
> On Apr 12, 2009, at 10:28 AM, tanager at timaverybirding.com wrote:
>
>> Just saw my first TV in the county for the year, near 3900 south and 
>> I-215.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>> _______________________________________________
>> Birdtalk mailing list
>> Birdtalk at utahbirds.org
>> http://utahbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/birdtalk
>
> _______________________________________________
> Birdtalk mailing list
> Birdtalk at utahbirds.org
> http://utahbirds.org/mailman/listinfo/birdtalk
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://secureserver.securesites.net/pipermail/birdtalk/attachments/20090412/465c11a4/attachment.htm