As we were unwrapping presents Christmas morning we sensed a shadow fall across the room and I looked out to see, on the deck of our very suburban Bethesda house, a Turkey Vulture perched on the crook of the bird feeder.  “We’re not dead, yet!” I said crossly.  At which point a passing neighbor with dog startled him and he took wing.  Later I discovered that this bird hadn’t suddenly developed a taste for hulled sunflower seeds.  There was a dismembered squirrel left on the deck by a hawk or owl.  It may be the burbs, but the critters are closer than you think. 
Happy New Year.

Chris 

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