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A mule deer had been hit by a car and died slightly off the road. The turkey vultures have been there for several days cleaning up.
Spotted on Sep 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 17, 2012
9 Comments
The situation was unlucky for the deer, which had been hit by a car and far from open space, but very lucky for the vultures that were preparing for their migration South and lucky for me too!
...and Karen I always think of the Jungle Book too! "Whata ya wanna do tonight?" "I dunno, whata you wanna do?" Ha!
I'm alway drawn to these guys too - they remind me of the vultures in the cartoon version of Jungle Book!
Over an hour?!! Oh, you lucky girl!! I've seen them circling high above and have come across a few on road kill but always on a busy highway where someone was always coming along to scare them off their meal. I'm green with envy!!
Thank you again! I watched these turkey vultures in particular for over an hour! The social behavior between them was so fascinating!
Fabulous series, Emily!!!
Thank you again Seema! It was so exciting to watch them interact together!
nice pictures..
I just love'em! It was really cool to see the two of them interacting. Then at one point there were 4 of them. It was awesome to watch their behavior with each other - something I've never seen!
These are great!! They're so corny!!