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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bird Brain on July 06, 2011, 08:57:36 PM

Title: Turkey Vultures - Meadowvale
Post by: Bird Brain on July 06, 2011, 08:57:36 PM

Hi everyone.  This afternoon at 2pm, 4 Turkey Vultures at Derry Rd./Financial Dr.  I thought it rather ironic that they were circling above Maple Leaf company.

Title: Re: Turkey Vultures - Meadowvale
Post by: Lloyd on July 07, 2011, 07:47:47 AM

Quote from: "Bird Brain"

Hi everyone.  This afternoon at 2pm, 4 Turkey Vultures at Derry Rd./Financial Dr.  I thought it rather ironic that they were circling above Maple Leaf company.

Yes, apparently they have an excellent sense of smell for dead and decaying meat, hmmm.....

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Post by: BirdNerd on July 08, 2011, 12:19:06 AM

lol thats great...

The school where I work is up near there and almost everyday in the fall and spring, I'd watch them circle the school yard while I was on yard duty. Yes, I did watch the children too...sometimes. They provided opportunities to educate the kids (and teachers!) in the school about our local wildlife. Other common birds were red tailed hawks, starlings and robins (of course), but also tons of barn swallows, crows, some mourning doves, and the odd killdeer.

-L