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Originally Posted by masraum
The other interesting thing is that after they cut the hay, it was a feast for the turkey vultures (oddly, I didn't see any black vultures which is what I usually find here). There have been probably 10-20 vultures in the field for the past couple of days. I'm guessing they've been snaking on rats and mice and snakes that didn't make it out of the way of the cutting.
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Turkey vultures have a keen sense of smell. This one detected a dead critter, a squirrel or a bunny, in the neighbors back yard and landed outside my window to zero in on it. It eventually found it and settled down for a meal.
Then I see another big bird swoop down over the fence. This time a black vulture. They can't smell too well but have very keen eye sight. Plus they tend to be bullies. It was probably circling around way overhead and saw the other bird chowing down so came in to investigate. It pushed the turkey vulture aside and took over. I peeked over the fence to get this shot.
