They floated over my house in the North End and caused the neighborhood Red-tailed Hawk some concern. I last saw them heading west.

Tom McCabe

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of satuthill@cableone.net [ible]
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2018 9:15 AM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Turkey Vultures – Up close and personal

I am sure others have seen Turkey Vultures returning to Idaho for the year, but I haven’t. And, living in town if I see them at all from my house they are way up high and in the distance. So, I was quite surprised Friday night when I walked out onto my deck to light up the barbecue. As I walked out to the barbecue I heard some loud rustlings up above me. I stopped and looked in the top of the tall Cottonwood tree in my backyard and was quite surprised to see 20 Turkey Vultures roosting in the bare branches. I imagine they had planned on spending the night there. Well they were not that happy in seeing me, so within a minute or two they all flew off down the hill looking for a calmer place to spend the night. I hope they found one.

Scott Tuthill