We were driving along Dolly Madison Highway, also known as 123, on our way to McLean. It is a highly travelled road, as it is just off the George Washington Parkway. Right in front of a large building was a deer that had just been hit by a vehicle. And for the second time along this stretch of road, we saw a bunch of turkey buzzards chowing down on the remains. It's not like this doesn't happen all the time, but that it happens in such a metropolitan area is somewhat unexpected. But, there is a huge deer population here and not a lot that can or has been done to manage it. We oftentimes see eagles and hawks flying overhead- in fact, we counted three eagle nests along the GW Parkway yesterday. Maybe some of those birds flying around are actually turkey buzzards- but they tend to travel in groups. In Wisconsin, we always heard about deer crashing in to cars, and always had them in our back yard. It's a sad sight to see, but when you read about turkey buzzards, you get a better feel for their side of the story. But there is something about Bambi - no matter how many of them there are.
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| Before they noticed us, they were having a feast- and ignoring all the traffic |
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Then they ran for their lives when we stopped to see them-
they are a lot bigger than it looks here |
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Two were left, but the male sent the female off and guarded the prize-
he must have drawn the short stick |
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| But he was getting a snack in between guard duty |
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