The Judge Report - Vultures! Vultures everywhere!

From: theevilhalf Date: May 11th, 2008 03:04 pm (UTC) (Link)

Ah, yes, the turkey vulture. We've had one or two pay us a visit, but not a flock. Certainly, sounds entertaining.

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From: rgoing Date: May 11th, 2008 11:46 pm (UTC) (Link)

Really neat, especially when they fly right at you. I suspect they were attracted by the frog pond (a/k/a swimming pool) because their numbers dropped substantially when I dumped the chlorine in yesterday. Also the locusts are the last to leaf and they prefer to perch in dead or leafless trees. Having all the stumps of cut branches must have made them feel like they were in turkey vulture heaven.

One acted like the king, hardly moved a muscle, and the others all gathered more or less around him, all facing in our direction.

We occasionally have wild turkeys as well, and these guys are almost as big. Look like they're straight out of a Popeye cartoon.

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From: theevilhalf Date: May 12th, 2008 03:26 am (UTC) (Link)

Yup, we've seen a few wild turkeys, though that was in Westport, CT. at meep's aunt and uncle's. They strutted around like they owned the place. We haven't seen any here, but that's probably because our town allows hunting inside the town limits.

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From: jws1111 Date: May 15th, 2008 11:24 pm (UTC) turkey buzzards for lunch (Link)

we met one very up-close-and-personally two summers ago.

we had crossed into KY from southern OH enroute to Savannah GA. we had passed through the city of Ashland and were on the 4-lane headed south.

one of these slow-moving and spirited bowling balls with wings flushed from the grass along side of the road and entered the passenger compartment of our full sized chevy van ... through an opening in the windshield ... which it had made by impacting said windshield ... by remaining stationary for too long a period of time as we approached that part of the airspace which it was occupying.

it was early saturday afternoon and the deputy sheriff who took our required accident report, gave us a ticket
for not having a license or stamp for killings turkeys out of season. it must be a standard occurrence to be so prepared to harass the northern flat-landers with such down-home humor.

the actual sheriff then appeared on the scene as he heard the radio report along with the request to 'run' my license plate - he recognized it was his duty to add to the humor for these foreigners in his domain - he stated he had been in the area investigating a fatal car accident some miles up the highway involving another flat-lander who didn't know how to drive in the hilly terrain.

he eventually got us steered to a dealer in the city several miles behind us. it was saturday afternoon - they were closed - every car dealer and repair shop within fifty miles was already closed.

we got to find a local hotel and spent 3 days there until we could get a new windshield [because nobody keeps one in stock]... and then that was 30 miles east in huntington WV - it was a real hoot driving those hills with no windshield. if i had been driving a pick-up truck that was a few years older, having no windshield would have made me feel right at home.

ah, yes ... we love them turkey vultures.

uncle jim

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From: rgoing Date: May 16th, 2008 02:46 am (UTC) Re: turkey buzzards for lunch (Link)

Yeah, but I'll bet it tasted real good.

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