DEFCON_Creator said:
We have a number of Cooper Hawks that come through the backyard every now and then. They are cool as H*ll. They fly in about 5 feet off the ground, and will snag a Dove out of the air. Absolutely amazing to watch. Much better than watching a couple scavengers pick apart steaming roadkill.
meandtheboys said:
Don't flatter yourself. I don't care enough about you or anything you might say to get my "panties in a bunch." You're a legend in your own mind, that's for sure.
jeffl said:
Only on MOL...
dave said:
Not the hawk / vulture wars again....
meandtheboys said:
I don't care enough about you or anything you might say to get my "panties in a bunch."
HarleyQuinn said:
Do not feed the trolls Defcon ... Let it be
meandtheboys said:
if it sat on your face and squirmed.
meandtheboys said:
MelissaH said:
So true, MATB don't feed the troll. Walk away.
Doing that right now.
Tom_Reingold said:
I love turkey vultures! They fly magnificantly. They are all over NJ in great numbers. It's odd how I see them in the sky so frequently and others are blind to them. You have to look way up for them. If you think you see a hawk and it's hovering, it's really a vulture.
Occasionally, when I am at the Target and/or the Super Home Depot in Vauxhall, I see the turkey vultures soaring overhead. I saw them today and -- four years later -- I was reminded of your post, Tom. They are magnificent flyers. They have the widest wing span of any birds I've seen in the area. I think it's the way that they use the wind direction to soar and bank -- they don't do a lot of wing flapping -- that presents a very dreamy sensation. I always have to stop and watch them. Today their were two in the area above the Target parking lot, over Route 78.
whiffleball said:
My friend in Millburn told me that on Friday she was getting out of her car when a bunch, 8 or 9, of very large birds landed on the trees on her lawn and across the street. She isn't sure if they are turkeys, turkey vultures or some other form of large bird, Has anyone else had an experience with these creatures recently.
I saw a movie about that once. I'd be very careful if I were you. If more of them show up, we may have a problem.
whiffleball said:
Larger than crows or grackles. Are black vultures indigenous to NJ?
They are becoming an increasing presence and in some cases, they are taking territory from Turkey Vultures.
Found two massive turkey vultures on top of our garage --- then realized that our neighborhood's entire feral cat population is GONE. #ecosystems
val said:
Found two massive turkey vultures on top of our garage --- then realized that our neighborhood's entire feral cat population is GONE. #ecosystems
Turkey vultures generally do not kill prey. They eat carrion.
DEFCON_Creator