Turkey vulture, Arapahoe County

[Deborah Carstensen]

There was a turkey vulture circling my place today in unincorporated Arapahoe County, just outside of Littleton. I didn't remember seeing other posts about vultures except those further south so I thought I'd throw this in.

I still have some of the smaller forms of geese, Richardsons and Lesser Canada geese, but there are much fewer than there has been. The fighting for territories has started among the large geese and it can be brutal. Of note, however, is that they act as if the smaller geese aren't even there as they go about their battling for position.

I've had three pairs of hooded mergansers here on the upper pond for sometime now and wish they would find somewhere near here to nest…
Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county, Colorado
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