Year ‘round. I’ve never seen them go after anything injured. That’s not to say they won’t follow something they think is on its last legs, but they won’t attack it that I’ve ever seen.
Food sources are too plentiful here, I suspect. I see them all year long. Sort of like the darned geese that used to winter in Wisconsin because some idiot took to feeding them. -D > On Jan 8, 2018, at 1:34 PM, fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Dan wrote: > >> As in Tejas, we have large groups of turkey vultures, which >> perform an amazing community service by clearing roads and >> pretty much and open areas of dead animals. > > Is that year 'round? Or are there more of them in the winter? > I'm asking because most of the turkey vultures around here depart > for the winter. A sure sign of spring is their return. > > And speaking of raptors, a couple days ago I saw an american > kestrel kiting near the road, and a few minutes later a bald eagle > flew over. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
