At about 4:30 on this rather gray afternoon, 51 degrees, the Baron saw 4 turkey vultures kettling a couple of hundred feet over the Toy Shed. We watched for a few minutes as they circled, drifting up, with no effort. Suddenly from the west we saw 6 bald eagles coast through a bit higher. We'll identify them as balds even though the golden migration is in its peak right now. The vultures drifted off with them but continued to circle. The eagles didn't appear to look right or left at the vultures. They had their wings set to glide and didn't waste a calorie. If only we had a groundhog in the meadow to snack on.
It's been 3 nights above freezing; our snow is gone. The high meadow across The Beaver Rd has only fringes of white near the trees.
