Posted by Bob Kelley on April 22, 2003 at 06:10:51:
In Reply to: turkey Vultures Migratory habits posted by Dr. Steven Rosen on April 21, 2003 at 15:58:20:
The 4000+ turkey vultures that winter in Miami-Dade County will indeed be gone to their summer nesting areas by the end of April. Dr. Shelia Gaby
did her Ph.D. work at the University of Miami under the direction of the late Oscar T. Owre
some 25+ years ago. Her thesis is available for study at the University of Miami Richter Library
but unfortunately has never been published.
They summer in the northeastern United States and Canada(from Quebec to southern Indiana). None of her 250+ wing tagged birds were ever reported from Hinkley, Ohio. She suspects that their 150 or so birds winter in Tennessee.
Bob Kelley
RKelley@math.miami.edu
P.S. My former wife Elaine and I spent Christmas Eve 1978 helping Shelia wing tag TVs at the old landfill(now closed to keep the wintering gulls
from making a dayly migration across the Miami International Airport) at NW59th Street and the Palmetto. Such activities are not for the weak of stomach.
: I need to find documentation about Turkey vulture migration out of and
: into Florida.
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: We are trying to save jackrabbits at Miami International airport and have until
: this sunday, 4/27/03 at midnight to complete the task unless we can get a delay.
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: We need documentation that Turkey vultures are leaving Miami and will not return
: until October.
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: Help!
: Dr. Steven Rosen
: Cell: 954-309-4845