Date: 6/13/26 10:51 pm From: Claude Lyneis via groups.io <cmlyneis...> Subject: [EBB-Sightings] Are Turkey Vultures a threat to newly hatch chicks
Friday I was out at the Albany Bulb to see what birds are left after many have migrated out. As I was getting ready to leave I heard the warning call of an American Avocet. Then I saw a pair of Avocets fly up and mob a Turkey Vulture flying over the mudflats. So I scanned the mudflats just north of the entrance road and there were four small Avocet chicks feeding in the shallow water. One of the parents, probably the female kept an eye on them, but didn’t really interact with them.
So, I wonder if they were being overly protective or might a Turkey Vulture be a threat to the tiny chicks.
Photo of the Avocet and one of the chicks
https://flic.kr/p/2siAjQx
American Avocet and Chick Albany Bub
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Also I did an eBird report and managed to add it retroactively to the California Bird Atlas. That isn’t so easy.
