Black Vulture, East 72nd Street, 2/7

The date I quoted for our sighting on the RBA is incorrect - it was Dec 24, 2007 as John correctly noted in his Ohio-Birds post.  I certainly had a deja vu experience when reading John's account, right down to the static with the local Peregrines.  Compound these observations with one photographed on the ice at Sandusky Bay last winter, I believe, and there is a definite trend emerging (or just one psychotic bird involved).  My guess is that these birds are combing the lakeshore in mid-winter, where is there is often an abundance of carrion available - dead fish, gulls, ducks - providing some easy scraps for the adventurous Black Vulture.