Another preditor we dont talk about.

[kuger]

...at least buzzards wait till your dead....I always feared,breaking a leg and pigs eatin me...while alive

 

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[Native Floridian]

Vultures - nature's vacuum cleaner!

The latest bird science has them related to Storks.

During this year's World Series of Birding, held this past weekend in NJ, some teams had a hard time coming up with this common bird. Black Throated Blue Warbler no problem! But some teams couldn't buy a Black Vulture until very late in the day.

By the way for you beach hunters out there - there is no such thing as a Seagull!Who knew? This was news to me! There are Laughing Gulls, Herring Gulls, Greater Black Backed Gulls and probably two dozen more species but none are seagulls! Call them that at your own risk within earshot of a Birding team. Learned that the hard way.

 

[kuger]

Vultures - nature's vacuum cleaner!

The latest bird science has them related to Storks.

During this year's World Series of Birding, held this past weekend in NJ, some teams had a hard time coming up with this common bird. Black Throated Blue Warbler no problem! But some teams couldn't buy a Black Vulture until very late in the day.

By the way for you beach hunters out there - there is no such thing as a Seagull!Who knew? This was news to me! There are Laughing Gulls, Herring Gulls, Greater Black Backed Gulls and probably two dozen more species but none are seagulls! Call them that at your own risk within earshot of a Birding team. Learned that the hard way.

...yep...or a biologist...same thing with "Canadaian Geese"

 

[Joe hunter]

There isn't really speckled trout but still often used.the way i see it as long as I know what your talking about call them

Donkey trout if you want.

 

[Native Floridian]

Last year Gulls ( not taking any chances here) were killing themselves on the new causeway into Ocean City NJ. Seems the Laughing Gulls weren't quite down with the new traffic pattern. Of course you just fly in from the Carribbean, you know, you cant' be expected to be up on all the changes that took place while you were away. And these changes were hitting the gulls at 50 mph.

The local paper reported that the state was commissioning a study as to why SEAGULLS were getting hit by cars on the new causeway. The local Audubon society had a heart attack!

Of course there was no reason to waste taxpayer money on a study. The reason the gulls were getting killed was that they weren't using the crosswalks!

 

[Frankn]

I once had an owl fly into my windshield while I was doing 50. The air passage on a class C MH is vastly disrupted at the windshield. It kind of splattered, but didn't break the glass. I stopped and checked out the remains and cleaned it off. I then got out of there quickly. It was one of those spotted ones. Frank...

 

[Old Dude]

The article said farmers wanted to use this as an excuse to hunt them? They were only doing what comes natural to them. And as for the name of the thread, a predator stalks and kills prey. These did neither.

 

[Native Floridian]

Actually if there is no carrion around Vultures will hunt same mammals.

In the pre binocular/sport optics days of bird watching, the only way scientist could identify birds was to shoot them.

 

[Joe hunter]

Binoculars ? And you don't shoot them

 

[Rawhide]

I'm curious how one is supposed to prepare not to die and get eaten by scavengers.

Garic, eat Garlic Jason lol. This will prevent you from being eaten, by vampires lol.

That is either a fake story or some hungry birds. If they hungry enough to eat a human, they pretty hungry.

Great post guys, and educational too thanks. Im sorry I called them a predator, if it has teeth, it bites if you know what I mean.

 

[BosnMate]

I get the idea that health regulations over there have caused the vultures to not have their normal supply of food, and that they are turning to hunting. Don't know if that is right, but it's the way I read it.

"The Times reported that Pyrénéan farmers have been demanding the right to shoot the birds, known as Griffon Vultures, because they've been attacking sheep and cows.
But the species is protected in France and has lost access to its normal diet of carcasses due to European health and safety regulations."

 

[jeff of pa]

I get the idea that health regulations over there have caused the vultures to not have their normal supply of food, and that they are turning to hunting. Don't know if that is right, but it's the way I read it.

"The Times reported that Pyrénéan farmers have been demanding the right to shoot the birds, known as Griffon Vultures, because they've been attacking sheep and cows.
But the species is protected in France and has lost access to its normal diet of carcasses due to European health and safety regulations."

Yea that's how I take it.

Enviro-MENTAL-ists, run Amuck

 

[Rawhide]

Stupid thing like mad cow disease and all over there in Europe. Poor little vultures.

 

[Gold Maven]

A few years ago here in Ohio a new vulture began to show up.

The brown Turkey Vulture has always been here, non aggressive, cleans up dead animals and doesn't bother any one.

The "new" birds are smaller and black. I have heard reports of them aggressively chasing live animals.

I was used to seeing 2 or 3 birds on a road killed deer, and they would fly off as you passed.

I notice sometimes 10 to 15 black vultures on a deer at once, and aren't nearly as apt to fly as you approach. Kind of creepy.

 

[Native Floridian]

Sounds like Black Vultures, which are very common on the east coast. Most people mistake them for Hawks, though they aren't in the same families as Hawks.

They will hunt small mammals.

The weirdest thing is to see them roosting on rooftops. They pick just one roof out a neighborhood of houses and there will be 10, 20, 30 Vultues sitting on that roof. Enough to give the calmest homeowner pause! Hmm do they know something i don't?

Jersey is one of the nation's leading hawk watch areas during migrations. We get pretty much everything. Cool to hang at the hawk watch sites. The experts can tell one from another when they are nothing but a spec in the spotting scope. Amazing! Vultures are easy to ID from great distance because of the V shaped wings as they soar.

 

[kuger]

Garic, eat Garlic Jason lol. This will prevent you from being eaten, by vampires lol.

That is either a fake story or some hungry birds. If they hungry enough to eat a human, they pretty hungry.

Great post guys, and educational too thanks. Im sorry I called them a predator, if it has teeth, it bites if you know what I mean.

Why wouldnt they eat a human?Dare I tell ya what happens to a dead body out in the "wilderness",in short order?Common house cat will eat you quick as anything....but yea,if HUNGRY

Magpies and Ravens will sit on a live sheeps head and peck the eyeballs out,and I have seen Dairy cattle lay there...alive, and Ravens eat their anus...and about 6" circumference around it

 

[BosnMate]

Why wouldnt they eat a human?Dare I tell ya what happens to a dead body out in the "wilderness",in short order?Common house cat will eat you quick as anything....but yea,if HUNGRY

Magpies and Ravens will sit on a live sheeps head and peck the eyeballs out,and I have seen Dairy cattle lay there...alive, and Ravens eat their anus...and about 6" circumference around it

We were calving about 300 first calf hereford heifers bred to a polled bull, and were experiencing more than the usual problems from big headed muley calves. I found one heifer down with the calf hip hung, head and front feet out, but going nowhere from there, but still alive. The magpies had eaten the poor things eyes completely out of the live calf. During the process of pulling the calf I just went ahead and killed it.

 

[BosnMate]

Garic, eat Garlic Jason lol. This will prevent you from being eaten, by vampires lol.

That is either a fake story or some hungry birds. If they hungry enough to eat a human, they pretty hungry.

Great post guys, and educational too thanks. Im sorry I called them a predator, if it has teeth, it bites if you know what I mean.

My brother has a book on Tibet. There are a number of pictures of the monks getting a body ready for the vultures to eat, and more photos showing the birds at work on the body. In that particular location the people don't, or at least at that time, didn't bury people, they fed them to the birds. I'm not passing judgement, that's their culture.

 

[Davers]

A few years ago here in Ohio a new vulture began to show up.

The brown Turkey Vulture has always been here, non aggressive, cleans up dead animals and doesn't bother any one.

The "new" birds are smaller and black. I have heard reports of them aggressively chasing live animals.

I was used to seeing 2 or 3 birds on a road killed deer, and they would fly off as you passed.

I notice sometimes 10 to 15 black vultures on a deer at once, and aren't nearly as apt to fly as you approach. Kind of creepy.

The newbirds kinda sound like crows [but I would assume you would know a crow when you seen one, as they are everywhere ] They are smarter than many people when it comes to getting out of the road ,many times at the last second ,also I believe I saw a story not long ago saying how their one of the smartest animals .hmm Vultures like some people taking folks for everything they got. p.s. I think falling over 900ft would be the worst part . oh well off to hunt . Good day

 

[liftloop]

not to watch during your morning cerial

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