Sunday, January 26, 2025

A landowner up the road a bit has several large hayfields separated by a tree line. Every winter for the past several years, he has placed carcasses at the field edge. We can see the piles from the Rockingham Rail Trail in Newfields and with binoculars we can get a look at any animals feeding on the carcasses.

We went for a walk with Henna late morning (after pickleball for me and walking dogs at the SPCA for Srini) on the trail. Today was a good day to carry the binoculars. We pass by the viewing area on the way out and on the way back. There was lots of activity at the piles as well as in the air: 7 turkey vultures, 1 adult eagle perched in a nearby pine tree, ravens and crows feeding and flying, and one red-tailed hawk.