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Cattledog

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4. That's a Turkey vulture & probably will soon be dead.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:38 AM

Mar 2020

Turkey vultures feed exclusively on dead animals. That rat was most likely poisoned. I once had a Red Tailed Hawk lying dead on my patio. Adult, not a mark on it. Looked healthy but dead as a doornail from eating a poisoned rodent.

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