i saw vultures by the apartment from afar on my afternoon walk with btg. as we approached them (they were in our walking route), i noticed they were feasting on a dead opossum. because i’ve been taking care of opossums in the backyard, it made me super sad. my second thought was i hope it wasn’t one of the opossums that comes to eat on the back patio at night. i’ve noticed throughout the years in my experience with vultures, they seem kinda scary. when i get close to them, they hop away, then come back to the dead animal after i move away. they’re large birds, so that to me seems abnormal they would be so apprehensive. it makes sense though as they are scavengers, not hunters. however, i will continue to put food out for the animals in the backyard. i hope to see the opossums enjoying their nightly meals i leave for them.
if i don’t, at least i know what happened.
-ratha, 3:20pm, 12.13.20