Buzzards & Cats

One day, we heard from one of the farm's foremen about a deer carcass in the forest not far from our home.  Early the next morning we visited the site, hoping to get photos of some turkey vultures enjoying a venison breakfast.  When we arrived, the vultures were all perched in the treetops instead of on the carcass.  Evidently, they breakfast early.

Preparing for flight

That morning, we couldn't get any pictures of the vultures eating so we decided to return in the evening after work.

As we approached the site, we didn't see vultures in the trees or on the carcass but we saw something moving away from the deer.  It  moved like a cat but was much larger than a house cat.  We quickly started snapping pictures but it was nearly dark and this is the only one that turned out fairly decent.  That is correct.  It was a bobcat.  If you look carefully at the photo, you can see what appears to be another face to the right of the cat's face.  One of us thinks it is just markings on the cat's fur while the other one thinks it is a kitten.  We will probably never know which of us is correct and that might be better.

We returned the next evening  just before dark, and again we saw an animal moving away from the carcass, but this time it moved a little faster.  April did, however; get several photos of the curious kitty peering at us from the safety of the dirt pile.  Mike, the blue blur on the right, was unable to get out of the photo.  We think the bobcat was a little peeved at having his evening meal interrupted for the second consecutive night.

Turkey buzzard perched on a post.

Old buzzard perched on a porch.