Howdy Ya'll....
Today I was at the house around noon and the girls were outside free ranging like they do every day. I heard my BR clucking loudly and causing all sorts of ruckus, the other two were on alert. When I got out to the back of the house, the girls were on the porch and my BR was clucking, growling and still fussing about something. First I thought it was a snake on the porch, checked it out, nothing. She was still causing a fuss then I noticed sitting on my fence was a turkey vulture.
I saw another one sitting in my neighbors huge oak tree and another one on the ground in his back yard. I peered over the fence, thinking something had died in his yard but there was not a thing. So I gathered up the girls, put them in their coop and locked the door for the rest of the afternoon, it was only 101 today where I live in Texas.
So my question is do turkey vultures hunt for live food? Everything I have read on the internet seems to point to a "no" on the live hunting. Seems they only scavenge for carrion with their keen sense of smell. We have a huge venue {group of vultures} of about 50+ birds that roost about a mile from my house.
Just wondering if anyone has had any experiences, advice or amusing anecdotes about the turkey vultures!
Today I was at the house around noon and the girls were outside free ranging like they do every day. I heard my BR clucking loudly and causing all sorts of ruckus, the other two were on alert. When I got out to the back of the house, the girls were on the porch and my BR was clucking, growling and still fussing about something. First I thought it was a snake on the porch, checked it out, nothing. She was still causing a fuss then I noticed sitting on my fence was a turkey vulture.
I saw another one sitting in my neighbors huge oak tree and another one on the ground in his back yard. I peered over the fence, thinking something had died in his yard but there was not a thing. So I gathered up the girls, put them in their coop and locked the door for the rest of the afternoon, it was only 101 today where I live in Texas.
So my question is do turkey vultures hunt for live food? Everything I have read on the internet seems to point to a "no" on the live hunting. Seems they only scavenge for carrion with their keen sense of smell. We have a huge venue {group of vultures} of about 50+ birds that roost about a mile from my house.
Just wondering if anyone has had any experiences, advice or amusing anecdotes about the turkey vultures!
