At 09:46 AM 6/28/2010, you wrote:
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>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.
> >
> > That's my best guess, and it really is just a guess.
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
>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
They don't have any calls - just a guttural sounds made at a meal, or very=
occasionally in some agonistic way. They have no syrinx.
Doug
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