I was driving west bound on Rt 44 in East Canaan today about 10 am when I saw a Red-tail and 2 Black Vultures flying very purposefully south across the road. BV are often seen in Canaan, and I see 2 in the same area almost every time I go through there. When I looked out to the corn fields in the valley I saw a very large kettle of raptors. There was no wind and it was very tight, going all the way from just above the ground up to a misty cloud over the valley. (Sky was mostly sunny with fog patches then).I was able to pull over quickly in a good spot and had a good but somewhat distant look at the birds. When I did I realized that many of them were Black Vultures. I counted 61 birds in the kettle but there were more that I couldn't see at one time. An actual count was 26 Black Vultures, but I'm betting there were more than 50. I did not spot a single Turkey Vulture, even though there are many in the area. There were a few buteos mixed in, mostly at the top of the kettle, and I counted 6 Common ravens hanging around the outside of the column, another bird often seen in Canaan, though more often up on the mountain. I am assuming that most of the BV were migrants, since the most I have seen there before at one time is 4. I also saw 1 Raven and 2 BV today when on the west cliffs of Canaan Mtn and 1 Peregrine Falcon, heading due south and possibly migrating. I've never seen one in the area before. Don Morgan Coventry