They're also known as Turkey Buzzards. They come every Spring and generally leave in the Fall heading North to breed. Unattatched males frequently stay behind, making a mess as single males often do.
Great wing span, they warm themselves up then spend the day riding the thermals and picking up road kill, great sanitation workers.
I love watching them sun themselves when it's not my roof they're using.
I love the remark about single males!
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I'm not going to post a photo of the snake J. encountered on the lawn yesterday. I don't want to look at it and figure some of my blog readers wouldn't care to have it pop up either. The locals call it a "rat snake" or a "cow snake."
I guess the wild life is pretty similar all over the south, except we have alligators.
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