Out on the desert here, if you lay down for a nap you will wake up with vultures circling overhead..... waiting.... just in case.... ;))
I've never seen them go for anything that's not dead. Rattlesnakes are always hung on a fence to "ripen" and even coyotes won't touch them for 3 days... professional courtesy, I suppose.. On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
