Saturday, August 13, 2011

Turkey Buzzard

I never really knew about turkey buzzards until a few years ago. There was a neighborhood in Milwaukee that was plagued by them. A bunch of them would sit on the roof of a poor soul's house. We thought we spotted one along the Pennsylvania Turnpike as we were returning home from DC to Milwaukee one summer. When we went for a day trip to Monticello last year, we came cross a whole flock of them sitting on a fence and planning to do some mischief. Along the Dolly Madison Parkway in McLean on the way to the George Washington Parkway, we came across the carcass of a deer that had recently been struck by a vehicle. Then out of no where, there they were..... and every time a car passed, they would scurry to the hills so as not to be seen, only to sneak up and grab a bite when the coast was clear.
Making a go of it

Only to retreat to the hills at the sight of an approaching vehicle

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