The field across the road from us was cut yesterday.... all the tall grasses are gone, and as soon as the tractor left the property there, the vultures started to fly over in wide circles. Around and around they went, eventually landing in the spots where the tractor had run over nests of mice or (sorry to say) rabbits. It is a cruel world out here in the peaceful hills.
There were more than a dozen huge, huge vultures in that field for most of the late afternoon... and they all must have had a feast of thanksgiving with the tiny bodies left behind in the wake of the tractor blades. The same thing happened in our own fields last month when the tractor-guy came here to cut the grasses and bale the hay.
I kept the kitchen curtains closed for most of the day yesterday. Once I realized what was happening over there with the vultures, I didn't want to be looking at them every time I walked into or through the kitchen.
I'm also wondering if the mice that got caught on the glue traps in our utility closet were refugees from the field across the road. Two mice yesterday, one this morning. One would think that with two cats outside and one cat inside, the mice would just stay away from our house and our porch.
The vultures were gone this morning, but I'm wondering if they'll be back to make sure they didn't leave any leftover morsels behind. Ugly, ugly birds, without a doubt.
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