A few years ago I was kicking around the desert looking for a rabbit when I happened upon a dead sheep. I kicked 4 goldens off of it. Dang they're big close up! I half expected to see Gandalf on one of them.
They are big! Have a meeting pair of golden here. Bald Eagles are mostly to darn lazy to kill something other than the odd duck.
Have had them gather and eat the after birth during calving . Lost one calf to a eagle getting aggressive with an umbilical on a new born.
Not fond of bald eagles.
As far as buzzards/vultures in AZ we see them all the time at the house in Scottsdale and the house East of Payson.
In Scottsdale the house in on a creek with cotton woods and willow. The Buzzards sit in the trees in the morning sun to heat their wing bones then go hunting.
Come back about dark.
Here in Idaho they came early this year. Think they regret it! Snowed today!😡
