The Vultures
Before I explain this Bald Eagle capture, I have to go back and tell you a true story.
As you know, we have to take our trash and garbage to the dump. We keep our trash cans in the garage so the raccoons can’t get into them. Then about once a week the garbage is taken to the dump. Well my husband didn’t like that chicken bones would smell up the garage in 90 degree heat, so he started throwing the chicken bones out on the property in the summer for the foxes and raccoons.
One day my husband said to me, “Have you noticed that we have vultures sitting on the roof of the gazebo?” So I said, “Yes, they are waiting for you to feed them!” He looks at me like I am crazy. “What do you mean?” He said. I replied that he didn’t wait until after dark to throw out the chicken bones so around dinner time the vultures wait for him to toss out the bones and take them away. Well, anyway a few days later he mentioned to me that the big cement basin on top of the bird bath is on the ground every morning. He said it was getting too heavy to have to pick it up every day. I replied, that it was the chicken problem. “When you feed vultures chicken, they need a drink.” I have seen two sitting on the bird bath at one time. I am sure that two or more on the same side is what topples it. He never looks at the birdbath like I do waiting for photo opportunities.
The next day, I looked out to see what birds were in the bird bath and noticed there was tan stuff running down the base. “What is that gunk all over the base of the birdbath?” I queried in an annoyed tone. “Oh, I glued the top to the base, so it won’t fall off,” he replied. Well, I could not let that go. “How are we going to tip the water out to clean it?” I was getting even more annoyed now because it looked like $#&@. He said we should just use the hose on hard spray, like jet. It now takes a lot longer to clean and fill the birdbath because the glue is holding strong, but it does hold the weight of the vultures.
So, the Bald Eagle has figured out that there is food being given out free here. He comes and sits in the dead trees along the shoreline and waits. The funny part is that he gets here about noon, just in case my husband has a chicken leg for lunch. It has paid off for him and for me.
BTW the chicken is always cooked so no birds were harmed. I have had neighbors think one of us died out in the yard though ... LOL
The Vultures
Before I explain this Bald Eagle capture, I have to go back and tell you a true story.
As you know, we have to take our trash and garbage to the dump. We keep our trash cans in the garage so the raccoons can’t get into them. Then about once a week the garbage is taken to the dump. Well my husband didn’t like that chicken bones would smell up the garage in 90 degree heat, so he started throwing the chicken bones out on the property in the summer for the foxes and raccoons.
One day my husband said to me, “Have you noticed that we have vultures sitting on the roof of the gazebo?” So I said, “Yes, they are waiting for you to feed them!” He looks at me like I am crazy. “What do you mean?” He said. I replied that he didn’t wait until after dark to throw out the chicken bones so around dinner time the vultures wait for him to toss out the bones and take them away. Well, anyway a few days later he mentioned to me that the big cement basin on top of the bird bath is on the ground every morning. He said it was getting too heavy to have to pick it up every day. I replied, that it was the chicken problem. “When you feed vultures chicken, they need a drink.” I have seen two sitting on the bird bath at one time. I am sure that two or more on the same side is what topples it. He never looks at the birdbath like I do waiting for photo opportunities.
The next day, I looked out to see what birds were in the bird bath and noticed there was tan stuff running down the base. “What is that gunk all over the base of the birdbath?” I queried in an annoyed tone. “Oh, I glued the top to the base, so it won’t fall off,” he replied. Well, I could not let that go. “How are we going to tip the water out to clean it?” I was getting even more annoyed now because it looked like $#&@. He said we should just use the hose on hard spray, like jet. It now takes a lot longer to clean and fill the birdbath because the glue is holding strong, but it does hold the weight of the vultures.
So, the Bald Eagle has figured out that there is food being given out free here. He comes and sits in the dead trees along the shoreline and waits. The funny part is that he gets here about noon, just in case my husband has a chicken leg for lunch. It has paid off for him and for me.
BTW the chicken is always cooked so no birds were harmed. I have had neighbors think one of us died out in the yard though ... LOL