Hope this isn't

[GBIII]

An ominous sign for my fig trees....

[zone5figger]

Crow..? Hope it's not a vulture- they can smell dead cambium one mile away!

[GBIII]

Definitely a vulture. ... they fall out of the pine trees next door when it snows this heavily.

[ako1974]

I can see the red on his head - Turkey vulture.

One time I found a dead raccoon in my yard and TV's were all over it. I thought, cool - let nature take care of it. Then they roosted on my kids' swing set and crapped all over it. Gross.

[cis4elk]

lol

[Rewton]

Great pic! Even the vultures are sick of this winter.

[GBIII]

I don't mind a few but the right of way that borders my property is lined with 60' tall white pine trees. Every winter as many a 200 roost in those trees. The stench every spring is something to behold. Luckily crows come every spring and harass them until they leave.

[sppsp]

I see those turkey vultures everyday on the backroads near route 100... yesterday 3 of them were in the middle of road and stayed there until my car was 10 to 15 feet away from them, then flew away at last minute.

[greenfig]

You guys are my heroes !!
Such a dedication to grow figs in a frozen country, wow... I am embarrassed to tell my weather in the SoCal, not even fare to compare

[Needaclone]

It could be a Turkey Vulture...but it could also be a really, really big fungus gnat!!!!
Jim

[Chrisk]

Lol Good one Jim. The one that ate all the roots of my cuttings!