Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!ames!lll-lcc!well!mo From: mo@well.UUCP (Maurice Weitman) Newsgroups: sci.bio,rec.birds Subject: Re: buzzards vs. vultures: there is a difference Message-ID: <3416@well.UUCP> Date: Sat, 27-Jun-87 20:49:54 EDT Article-I.D.: well.3416 Posted: Sat Jun 27 20:49:54 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Jun-87 05:25:30 EDT References: <8198@utzoo.UUCP> <2882@blia.BLI.COM> Reply-To: mo@well.UUCP (Maurice Weitman) Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 16 Xref: mnetor sci.bio:487 rec.birds:180 Speaking about vultures, I've just returned from the Yucatan where most of them are black vultures. Can anyone confirm my observation that the black jobbies seem to flap faster and have less dihedral than their turkey cousins? (While driving from Merida to Uxmal, we passed a dead horse on the side of the road, surrounded by at least a hundred vultures. Most of them were sitting on a fence, either waiting their turn or digesting it. It was a stunning sight to see so many of them on the ground. Hitchcock would have enjoyed it.) -- Maurice Weitman ..!{dual,hplabs,lll-crg,ptsfa,glacier}!well!mo |