Monday Windows – March 25, 2024

Footprints on a window

OneDrive reminded me that three years ago last Monday we had quite a surprise in our garage. There were footprints on the back window of our car. Very distinct, white footprints apparently from a large bird.

A ceiling panel had started to disintegrate and pieces fell down and shattered leaving gypsum all over the floor. It also left a hole and access to the attic above.

I peeked into the attic and sure enough there were birds, vultures!

Our son stepped past them and opened the window in the attic so the vultures could get out. They did hop on the windowsill and after a while flew out.

Here is my Monday Window post from three years ago.

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29 comments

  1. That is excellent Ludwig, if you know what I mean. Apart from the mess and cost of repairs. So they walked into the garage, over the gypsum, onto your car and flew up into the attic. How bizarre. Was you son a bit wary?

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    1. Thank you, bushboy. It did seem strange to us how they got in. Our son was a bit apprehensive and moved slowly to avoid upsetting them. After he evicted” our guests we learned that they we looking for nesting sites. Other vultures took up residence not far away in a small unused building with a broken-out window. Maybe they are learning from pigeons and swallows that human environments aren’t all that bad.

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      1. That is great that they nest so close but in your attic is not ideal or is any other man made structure.
        More power to nature I say

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      3. No Vultures in Australia but I guess their nest would be the same as eagles, big sticks. Condors nests are big sticks on a cliff face so Vultures may either use trees or cliffs. *not an expert

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      4. Hey bushboy. I went and googled for info on vulture nests and got this: Black Vultures usually nest in dark cavities such as caves, hollow trees, abandoned buildings, brush piles, thickets, and stumps. Pair reuse successful sites for many years. — Turkey Vultures do not build nests, but rather lay their eggs in dark recesses in ledges, caves, crevices, and hollow logs, as well as on the ground. Turkey Vultures also nest in the abandoned stick nests of birds, in mammal burrows, and in abandoned buildings.
        So it seems this was not unusual for them to explore our attic. Learned something today. Here is a link to an old photo of mine. Rather proud of that portrait. https://ludwig-keck.pixels.com/featured/black-vulture-ludwig-keck.html

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  9. Birds in the garage. Okay. It happens. Do you have to worry if they are VULTURES??! —

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    1. Yeah, eklastic. Little wrens have nested in our garage, but seeing these large birds was a bit more than we were ready to accept as guests.
      Neat photo of that hospital building. I’m sure on the inside it is pretty much like ours – clean and efficient.

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    1. Thanks, Teresa. I like vultures, but not as house guests. They looked at me as if saying, “we signed a lease, leave us alone”.

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  14. Wow. I’ve heard of small birds or bats in a an attic but never vultures.

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