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--Apple-Mail-11--864754791 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed In answer to Dusan earlier and Gayle re turkey vultures nesting in Nova Scotia, this has been suspected for the North Mountain from Bridgetown west for several ytears, but with no real evidence other than the regular presence of turkey vultures. Then, reported in Nova Scotia Birds (NSBS), in the "Summer 2011 issue, Vol. 53, Issue 3, was the article, "Apparent First Nesting of Turkey Vulture in Nova Scotia" by Suzanne Borkowski and Ian McLaren. In 2011 a pair of TVs apparently nested successfully in a 'nest'-site at the shrubby edge of dumped boulders adjacent to the Lake Major Water Supply (processing?) Plant somewhere at Lake Major, HRM, north of Cole Harbour. Workers there in early July reported three young vultures with black heads with the two adults. The birds were gone when Suzanne & Ian visited the site in mid and late July; thus all they could do was find and describe the apparent nest-site. But they concluded that there was enough evidence to make this the first official nesting record for N.S. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: M gayle Maclean <dashis9@yahoo.ca> > Date: March 30, 2014 10:39:09 AM ADT > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] turkey vultures over Shubie waterway > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Certainly there is quite a 'flock' that are commonly seen, year- > round at the baseball park in Bridgetown. Very close to homes too. > They have been present there for a number of years now. I got some > great photos of 8 of them, this time last year, at the ballpark, on > the ground, roosting on the chain-link fence, up in the trees, when > I was visiting friends in Granville Ferry. Whether or not they > breed here, is another question. Anyone know for sure? > > Sincerely, > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > On Sunday, March 30, 2014 10:18:55 AM, Dusan Soudek > <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Yesterday I observed a pair of turkey vultures over the still > partially frozen Lake William near Portobello. Alternately soaring > and flapping their wings, obviously checking the waterway and the > parallel Highway # 3 for carrion. Do they now breed in Nova Scotia? > Dusan Soudek > > --Apple-Mail-11--864754791 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> In answer to Dusan earlier and Gayle re turkey vultures nesting in Nova = Scotia, this has been suspected for the North Mountain from Bridgetown = west for several ytears, but with no real evidence other than the = regular presence of turkey vultures. Then, reported in Nova Scotia = Birds (NSBS), in the "Summer 2011 issue, Vol. 53, Issue 3, was the = article, "Apparent First Nesting of Turkey Vulture in Nova Scotia" by = Suzanne Borkowski and Ian McLaren. In 2011 a pair of TVs = apparently nested successfully in a 'nest'-site at the shrubby edge of = dumped boulders adjacent to the Lake Major Water Supply (processing?) = Plant somewhere at Lake Major, HRM, north of Cole Harbour. Workers = there in early July reported three young vultures with black heads with = the two adults. The birds were gone when Suzanne & Ian visited = the site in mid and late July; thus all they could do was find and = describe the apparent nest-site. But they concluded that there was = enough evidence to make this the first official nesting record for = N.S.<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div><div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">M gayle Maclean <<a = href=3D"mailto:dashis9@yahoo.ca">dashis9@yahoo.ca</a>></font></div><div= style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">March 30, 2014 10:39:09 AM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] turkey vultures over = Shubie waterway</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, = Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, = sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Certainly there is quite a 'flock' = that are commonly seen, year-round at the baseball park in = Bridgetown. Very close to homes too. They have been present there for a = number of years now. I got some great photos of 8 of them, this time = last year, at the ballpark, on the ground, roosting on the chain-link = fence, up in the trees, when I