The earliest I could check on the White-tailed Deer carcass today was 1800. Just as I pulled over to park, a Red-tailed Hawk parked itself next to the deer. A moment later it was actively feeding on it...or at least, was trying to ! I say this because, after just a couple of minutes the bird took off. I immediately looked skyward, expecting to see at least 1 Bald Eagle descending to reclaim its cache - but that was not the case ! Bringing the deer back into focus, I couldn't help but see 3 bare rib-bones pointing upwards, with bits of fur on the other parts of the body that were visible to me. Before leaving, a 2nd Red-tail flew-by, but did not seem interested in the deer.
Cheers, Bob P.S...En-route to the above, I had a single Turkey Vulture fly over the Middle Road/Osborn Ave/Horton Ave traffic circle...could it have been "Lonesome George" ? -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
