At the house that we previously rented in North Eugene, I spotted a vulture
one morning sunning itself about 20 feet up in a tree a few houses down the
street. This area is about two blocks south of Beltline and a few blocks
east of Coburg Rd., so it's pretty populated and busy.
-Brandon
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*Subject: very urban vulture in Eugene*
Date: Tue Mar 29 2016 15:56 pm
From: acontrer56 AT gmail.com
At about 11:45 today I stepped out of a restaurant in urban south
Eugene and was astonished to see a vulture glide down Hilyard St. at
25th, dodge a little traffic, touch down briefly in a driveway and
then perch ten feet over the sidewalk. It had spotted a dead squirrel
in the street. I took a few photos, ducked into Black Sun Books to
tell the owner of my find, came back out and the squirrel was gone
from the center of this four-lane street. I surmise that the vulture
made another pass and carried it some short distance out of sight.
I have never seen a vulture in such an urban setting in Oregon before.
Reminded me of the large ibises that lurk around fast-food places in
Brisbane.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
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