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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1845119" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Can't agree with you on the cow standing by and the buzzards not doing anything... had a bunch surround a heifer with a new calf.... a couple on one side would spread their wings and actually try to approach... when the heifer was chasing them off, a couple from the other side nearly got to the calf... I was coming down off the hill and was trying to not upset the heifer, but when I saw that I charged down there and managed to scare off the sorry pieces of crap before they got the calf from the other side... like coyotes and other predators, they worked in unison to get to the calf... I made sure the calf was up and quietly guided the heifer and her calf into the trees and alot of undergrowth where the buzzards won't go because they do not like to be in an area that they cannot get out of easily... And, the owner's daughter was staying at the house there and was the first one to see them and went down there on the 4 wheeler because she thought they were after a dead animal... kept them off until I got there... sort of a "bleeding heart type"... she was totally SHOCKED at that sort of behaviour... she said but they are "scavengers" and I said yeah, and they also are predatory and will kill a helpless newborn... nature is not "walt disney land" in real life...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1845119, member: 25884"] Can't agree with you on the cow standing by and the buzzards not doing anything... had a bunch surround a heifer with a new calf.... a couple on one side would spread their wings and actually try to approach... when the heifer was chasing them off, a couple from the other side nearly got to the calf... I was coming down off the hill and was trying to not upset the heifer, but when I saw that I charged down there and managed to scare off the sorry pieces of crap before they got the calf from the other side... like coyotes and other predators, they worked in unison to get to the calf... I made sure the calf was up and quietly guided the heifer and her calf into the trees and alot of undergrowth where the buzzards won't go because they do not like to be in an area that they cannot get out of easily... And, the owner's daughter was staying at the house there and was the first one to see them and went down there on the 4 wheeler because she thought they were after a dead animal... kept them off until I got there... sort of a "bleeding heart type"... she was totally SHOCKED at that sort of behaviour... she said but they are "scavengers" and I said yeah, and they also are predatory and will kill a helpless newborn... nature is not "walt disney land" in real life... [/QUOTE]
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