Bald eagles make comeback in the Windy City

[Valmy]

Apparently the UK's national bird is the Robin

Robert Walpole is the UK's national bird eh?

[jimmy olsen]

They're carrion eaters, when they can't find fish.  Some bald eagles have drowned rather than surrender a fish they caught back to the wild.

Because they are an apex predator, with no natural predators, they get into territorial battles with Golden Eagles, and will raid other birds of prey's nests.

Come to think of it, Neil may be right.

The only thing there that sounds stupid is the drowning thing.

[Caliga]

I think the turkey vulture should have been our national symbol.


Eater of roadkill, I SALUTE THEE.

Seriously... those niggas take care of deer strikes around here in like a few days.   Last weeked I was working in the yard and one flew like ten feet over my head.  It was so badass.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, those rat bastards are humongous;  a wingspan like a B-52.
Not so prevalent on this side of the Bay, we've got plenty of the other vultures, but turkey vultures are all over the place on the Eastern Shore.  Must be the poultry industry.

[Ed Anger]

I almost pulverized one of those fuckers with my jeep.

[Caliga]

We have both turkey vultures and black vultures here.  The black vultures form much larger flocks and I don't think I've ever seen a solitary one, whereas I see solitary turkey vultures all the time (like last weekend).

[Admiral Yi]

I saw a movie with that line in the past week or two. Can't remember which one though. 

It's originally a Billy Crystal line from SNL.

[Ed Anger]

It was a black one I almost hit then. Fucker had a gang with him.

[CountDeMoney]

We've got a photo somewhere with a flock of black vultures on some trees in the background, just eyeballing our old dog, Stanley, wondering if he were still alive or not.  Poor Stanley was cowering in his little dirt hole, afraid to look up.

[Caliga]

It was a black one I almost hit then. Fucker had a gang with him.

Black vultures are smaller and basically totally black.  Turkey vultures are larger, more brownish in color, and have that bright red face.

[Ed Anger]

I was too busy maneuvering. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

I think the turkey vulture should have been our national symbol.


Eater of roadkill, I SALUTE THEE.

Seriously... those niggas take care of deer strikes around here in like a few days.   Last weeked I was working in the yard and one flew like ten feet over my head.  It was so badass.

I saw a dead one on the side of the road yesterday.

[Caliga]

Whenever I see a bunch of vultures sitting around (they like to perch on horse fences here) I think of those bad guys from The Dark Crystal.