Judy, Black's are year round residents here; Turkey's, not so much. Blacks are VERY social and familial creatures and ours seem to prefer freshly killed carcasses. instead of rotting flesh. The culls from a chicken operation just down the road are a prime attraction. Cheers, m On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 2:33 PM Judy Glattstein via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Winter food for vultures = road kill deer > > Judy > > On 3/27/2021 2:31 PM, Robert Lauf via pbs wrote: > > Maybe they have a keen sense of smell for the horrid amine compounds in > carrion, but ignore or are insensitive to mercaptans. But they sure do > love dead skunk! There is also some evidence that they find food in some > cases by sight, esp. in freshly worked fields where the food is still > pretty fresh. > > > > I haven't really thought about their seasonality but it seems like some > are always here in E Tenn. And we have lots of furry things out and about > even in winter. > > > > Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>