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John and Nhung,
Check page 104-105 of The Sibley's Guide to Birds for a comparison of
overhead silhouettes. The fingers on the outer edge of the vulture's
wing are far larger and longer than the goshawk's. This should be
clearly visible when the bird is back lit and colourless. The wings of a
vulture are also broader, designed for soaring, unlike a accipiter's
wings which are designed for rapid motion and speed.
Generally, a vulture's wings in flight have a very deep dihedrall(as you
observed) and it always appears unstable in flight, tipsy as it were,
like its ready to fall out of the sky.
I agree that a Northern Goshawk is a thrill but never approach its nest
for you might lose a piece of your scalp as I almost did once.
Hans
On 3/29/2015 6:02 PM, John and Nhung wrote:
>
> Hans, you’ve reminded me of a sighting of a large raptor cruising over
> south end Yarmouth about 11 A.M. on Friday morning. I was beside
> Temple Baptist church and looking west, when a large guy soaring
> dihedrally passed apparently over the old Anglican cemetery, maybe
> about 1000 feet to the southeast. My initial thought was “turkey
> vulture,” this being Yarmouth. Then I noticed the tail was too long
> and the flying included some flap-flap glide, particularly as it
> turned to the north of me and flew east.
>
> The distance and the light kept me from seeing any colour, but if I
> got the distance right, only a goshawk could be that size and shape.
>
> Down here, that is more exciting than turkey vultures!
>
> *From:*naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *Hans
> *Sent:* March 29, 2015 5:30 PM
> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> *Subject:* [NatureNS] Fwd: Turkey Vulture
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> Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:29:09 -0300
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> Hans <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> <mailto:htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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> Laura spotted a *Turkey Vulture *overhead Portuguese Cove, HRM, this
> afternoon. It was close enough for her to see the two toned wings and
> red head.
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> Hans
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John and Nhung,<br>
<br>
Check page 104-105 of The Sibley's Guide to Birds for a comparison
of overhead silhouettes. The fingers on the outer edge of the
vulture's wing are far larger and longer than the goshawk's. This
should be clearly visible when the bird is back lit and colourless.
The wings of a vulture are also broader, designed for soaring,
unlike a accipiter's wings which are designed for rapid motion and
speed.<br>
<br>
Generally, a vulture's wings in flight have a very deep dihedrall(as
you observed) and it always appears unstable in flight, tipsy as it
were, like its ready to fall out of the sky.<br>
<br>
I agree that a Northern Goshawk is a thrill but never approach its
nest for you might lose a piece of your scalp as I almost did once.<br>
<br>
Hans<br>
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you’ve reminded me of a sighting of a large raptor cruising
over south end Yarmouth about 11 A.M. on Friday morning. I
was beside Temple Baptist church and looking west, when a
large guy soaring dihedrally passed apparently over the old
Anglican cemetery, maybe about 1000 feet to the southeast.
My initial thought was “turkey vulture,” this being
Yarmouth. Then I noticed the tail was too long and the
flying included some flap-flap glide, particularly as it
turned to the north of me and flew east. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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