Here's a very brief article in SORA that mentions BVs attacking baby
herons, domestic chicks, newborn calves, skunks, opossums, piglets, and
turtle hatchlings.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v088n03/p0672-p0673.pdf
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy J Young" <nanjyoung@xxxxxxxx>
To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:20 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Re: Urban vultures
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:15:45 -0500 Bazuin.John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Not all of their alleged misdeeds are midemeanors. They're also said
to kill very young pigs that are out in the open.
When I lived in Mt. Crawford, I watched in horror one day as several
black vultures harassed a cow and her newly born calf in my neighbors'
pasture behind our house. When they wouldn't let up and the poor cow
was getting more and more agitated I decided to call the owners. Up
until that day I had always thought that vultures were rather passive
birds eating only what was set before them.
Nancy Young
Blue Ridge, VA
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