I'm glad that Turkey vulture escaped; I love those birds. They have the best wings in the business - fly and glide so effortlessly. When they take off, even from the ground, just a couple or so wing flaps and then they can glide for miles on end and rise in altitude without as much as a wing flap. They are simply fantastic and excellent flyers!
They're one of the most graceful soaring birds I've ever seen. There's a tall tree across the street from my house that attracts a large community of turkey vultures in the summer time and come early evening an entire congregation of them will gradually circle the tree and land there for a night's rest. It's truly breath taking to see dozens of them soaring and circling all at once to go to bed. I always stop what I'm doing to watch. Most people don't understand how important they are.
Agreed. I’m a paraglider pilot, and turkey vultures are for sure one of the most skilled soaring birds I’ve ever flown with. They have shown me to countless thermals
He was unbothered, literally the vulture would eat-look at bobcat-eat-look at bobcat, etc. the bobcat was likely inexperienced and got way too close way too fast and didn’t realize the vulture already knew it was there.
The coolest part of this whole video was. Seeing how completely aware the, Bobcat, was of the guy filming. The T V. was an impressive size. Easily a linebacker.
Thanks for posting this. Turkey Vultures get such a bad reputation. They may not be fair of face, but using that wing span of almost six feet they can glide aloft for 6 hours or more. They're pretty plentiful out here near San Jose, CA. and we often see groups of two dozen soaring on thermals.
Love this. As a student of nagualism, my trecena sign is the vulture, and that is why I have learned so much about them, and I love what you had to say about these amazing feathered people. And the more one learns about them, the more one is impressed by them. But of course, I'm biased ;-)
@@goudagrishhdoe8925 We have a few clips of both Turkey Vultures and Bobcats in a few of our videos. Wife & I don't spend a lot of time looking for wildlife, just mostly record what we see on our morning walk. The Vultures are making a good return to big numbers.
There's a turkey over there... The bobcat is sneaking up on the turkey... The turkey is eating something ... The turkey.. I mean a turkey vulture...LMAO !
you can see @1.46 he lifts his head up he knows he's there @ 1.52 he looks right at him then looks away hes thinking ok i need to get the hell outahere like real soon
They are very dumb. I've literally had to get out of my car to shoo them off the road when they are eating roadkill. If you hit them they will destroy your grill and radiator because they are not small birds.
@@epistte They are very smart birds, actually; vultures are notorious among raptor rehabbers for their intelligence, and some species are capable of learning the semantics of certain words. They have weak flat feet with blunted talons, so they can’t move dead animals out of the road, and thus often resort to eating them in the street. The best way to prevent collisions is to use a shovel to move roadkill out of the street for them.
@@Seegster77 First, you can't hold a camera steady "fully zoomed in." So, you lean against something to steady it and/or you pull the lens back (not zoomed fully.) OR, you get closer and zoom out. Armchair wise guy.
Oh hi Bobcat, Have you come for the morning special? No? Ooook... I'm just going to turn 45° eastward with my meal fully clinched and spread my wings out softly and... *Tell the waiter I left the tip*
PSA: Turkey vulture is a type of bird. uploader knows this. I know this. Dont be like other commenters. Oh thats not a turkey??? no shit. Its in the title for 1. And for 2. You can hear him say turkey vulture several times. I have alot of these guys flying around my house I used to think they were hawks until I looked them up. I dont see them on the ground often just their wingspan in the sky.
All these comments assuming the bobcat had no chance are laughable! That bobcat would make mincemeat out of that vulture! The feathers make the vulture appear to be bigger but that cat weights to 2-3 times more and is pure muscle and agility! Show me a single video of a vulture killing a full grown bobcat, everyone I've seen is them abandoning their meal to the bobcat!
Smelled him, more likely, but yeah -- you nailed it. The vulture was just not really all that worried, cuz they actually don't have natural predators. That cat was just a young'n or was very desperate.
@@XAVargasX0206 Well, I wouldn't go that far. "Opportunities" are often imagined more than actual, and an experienced bobcat wouldn't consider eating a toxic meal like a vulture an "opportunity." Only a desperate or a naive 'cat would.
@@pippenstein Have to disagree, bobcat won't care what the animal is.... if it's small enough to be killed, they will kill it if possible (experienced kitty or not.) Cat's won't care if it's edible or not, they just won't eat it.
@@XAVargasX0206 Ehhhh... small enough to be killed is the operative phrase here. And yes, animals DO learn, and they stay away from what is a waste of time. They're too smart to do otherwise. I guess we just see things differently -- but believe me, I know my stuff, too. I'm indigenous
I don't know but they smell bad. There's a nature preserve near me that keeps injured wild animals, the Turkey Vultures smell like a mixture of skunk and wood smoke. That and they eat rotten flesh, I imagine they're a bit gamey lol
Nahh I'm sure he had a whole film crew lined up just like everyone else that has to film with what you have at the time trying to catch something in a given moment! Maybe next time he will have a sound guy with him, a couple of tripods and a film editor just to get the right footage to satisfy asswipes such as yourself! Now get the hell outa here!!!!
@@LBCJeremy I agree with ostrich lol but. I disagree with pigeon. I volunteer at a rehab for birds. Pigeons are one of the strongest bird's I've ever seen. I found one with an amputated wing. He was still alive, trying to survived. It was the saddest thing I've ever seen.
turkey vultures just like wild turkeys have insane eyesight, it knew it was there all along and even with its head down has the field of view to still see him
This is why villagers in India wear masks of a persons face on the back of thier heads when walking or working in the fields. Tigers like to attack from behind but get confused by a face on both sides.
