Carrion Feast

@Amir: Yes, and look at the way the grass has been trampled. I don't know for sure, but I don't think a lot of people were walking around this dead deer, so the grass must have been trampled by all the vultures. It's interesting that birds, big as these vultures are, can wear down grass like this.

@Carson: Thank you. I came across another scene like this just this week. It's remarkable how similar the carcasses look. Perhaps due to the way the vultures work.

@Daroru: To use a human word, vultures are cowards. Of course, this way of looking at them is sort of silly, so perhaps it is better merely to say that vultures are not aggressive. They are in fact, very timid, and the ones feasting on this deer fled when I just stopped my car on the other side of the highway, a good 200' or so away. These birds seem to have a certain place in the natural order that is reflected in their appearance and their behavior.