Vultures Continue To Be On The Move

We accidentally missed two pictures Bill sent of Vultures in a kettle Tuesday, so I am including them today. Very appropriate because we want to note that Turkey Vultures continue to be on the move, showing up in small kettles during the day. It is a great time to keep looking up for migrants, because those kettles are a little easier to spot than some other raptors. So it becomes a good exercise in spotting and counting a kettle. A little slow motion compared to Broadwings. LOL But we never discount the possibility that another smaller hawk is among them, or near them. Because for other birds, that kettle sometimes becomes a light house of sorts for other raptors, of where a thermal is which will provide lift, the rising air that will make for easier flight throughout the day. Here are Bill's Tuesday pictures and his Wednesday Report. This weekend the COLD weather actually makes a long debut. So any time spent on the watch needs layers and warm drinks or food. Friday will bring in the rains from Hurricane Nicole, this lady being the first one in fourty years this late in the year. Some say the only one ever to make Landfall on this date. So as she brings in the rain, and the northern snow front brings in the cold, might we have a bit of spitting snow a few mornings? For certain, any remaining raptors will feel the need to push south. Here's the report: (note, a typo has been corrected.)