The vultures are here seasonally - I throw the dead squirrels out beside the road for them to clean up, but they aren't here in the winter. Something does carry them off though, they are rarely there the next morning.
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:34 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
