Re: Need ID of bird by silhouette please

["Thomas Ashcraft" heliotown27]

Ray Mansell wrote:
>   Hawks can be tough at the best of times - this is outstandingly
> difficult!  However, if you think it may have been a vulture, then it
> could be a Black Vulture, since they have very stubby tails.
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> That's my best guess, and it really is just a guess.
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> Ray
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Ray, Doug, all,

Thanks for looking.

The most common local hawks are Cooper Hawks by the way.

Interesting to note that it is difficult to find Cathartes aura ( turkey
vulture ) audio recordings on the internet.  I am finding some raspy
scratchy voiced recordings that seem like they are the vultures on the
ground around a carcass but I am not coming across any vulture in the
sky calls.  Come to think of it, I don't ever remember hearing a vulture
in the sky, just on the ground.

Thomas