March 2025 General Discussion

[Cary67]

On 3/11/2025 at 2:58 PM, Chicago Storm said:

It's back-door/lake-enhanced front season...

Too far west for LES and air conditioning in the summer but in range for this spring warmth killer

[roardog]

1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said:

heard it's the last until july there.

Come on. Don’t be that way. You know it’s going to be 89 everyday. 

[roardog]

5 minutes ago, Cary67 said:

Too far west for LES and air conditioning in the summer but in range for this spring warmth killer

Being on the west side of the Great Lakes is the worst. Hard to get good LES but spring cooling will never be denied. 

[Jackstraw]

19 hours ago, sbnwx85 said:

I saw my first one up close and personal this weekend. It was enjoying the remains of a squirrel in the neighborhood. Those are some big boys.

Yes they are. I came over a hill while driving last year and there were 6 digging into a small deer. My little Integra was surrounded by these giant birds leaping into the air in a panic. Thought I drove into Jurassic park for a minute.

I've always been fascinated by them because of the way they fly and how big they are. They're one of the largest birds you'll encounter around these parts with wingspans of 5-7ft.  Interestingly they won't bother with anything thats been dead longer than 48 hours. So if you see them eating something technically you could still eat it (with some definite high temp cooking lol). They can smell a freshly dead mouse under a leaf from a 1k feet up.

I grew up in southern CA and when I was a kid we would lay down out in a field and not move and within a couple of minutes a couple of Western Vultures would cruise over. We we're convinced they were gonna come down and pick our bones like some old Spaghetti Western movie lol.

They are an amazing bird and they are protected.              

[MidwestChaser]

Me waiting for the models to update: