[GeoStL] Re: Geocaching Find but not a cache
- From: Darren <gryphbytes@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 08:37:34 -0500
awesome story! Did either of you happen to get pictures?
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:56 PM, Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -
> As Bernie and I were out hiding caches at the Scout ranch today, we came
> across something I have never seen before. We saw a perfect stump for
> placing an ammo box and proceeded towards it. As I got close, I found a
> large feather on the ground. I picked it up and noticed it was brown with no
> markings. It was very large.
>
> I reached the stump which was about 3 1/2 feet high and perfectly hollow.
> As I looked inside there was the biggest bird I had ever seen up close. I
> jumped back thinking it would come flying out of the top but it didn't.
>
> Bernie then looked down the hole and said it was a Turkey Vulture. It did
> not move and we studied it for quite a long time. It looked as though it was
> dying. It could not hold it's head up. You could see the eye blinking as it
> looked at us. We weren't sure if it was trapped, dying, injured, or just
> sitting on some eggs.
>
> We left the bird alone and proceeded to find another place to hide the
> cache.
>
> This was a first for me. I have never come across a turkey vulture so
> close. Seeing it down at the bottom of that hollow stump got me curious as
> to why it would be there of all places.
>
> Reading information on the Turkey Vulture Society's web site, yes there
> really is a society, it said that the Female will often find hollow logs,
> caves, barns and other enclosures to lay their eggs and that the
> responsibility of incubation is shared between male and female.
>
> Pretty Cool!!
>
> Mike
>
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