Roadkill

I have lost trail cameras to theft, flood and old age.  This week I suffered the loss of a camera as a consequence of bird attack. It was pecked-to-death. 

 

 

Likely a raven committed the assault. 

 

In any event the camera was replaced and a couple of new ones ordered.

 

This motion-activated trail cam had been set to monitor a road-killed whitetail on Sunday March 6. This was to be a Citizen Science Project of my own making.  I wanted to monitor who eats roadkill.

 

It's been an interesting journey over the past couple of weeks.  As of Tuesday all that was left of the deceased was skin and bones. 

 

This first batch of photos is from March 8th.

 

 

Coming in for a landing

 

 Crow with a mouthful

 

Thus quoth the raven

 

The large yellow beak is a field mark that differentiates this bird from a rough-legged hawk.  It is a juvenile bald eagle and size matters too as you'll see in a future post.

 

Stand-off

 

 Juvenile bald eagle and crow

 

Stay-tuned for more photos to come.....