My Lassie has wings!!!

     On Friday the 19th of April.  I went down the farm to visit after taking my mom to the doctors.  While there I grabbed a shovel and helped Kathy do chores.  While I was inside I heard the Whoosh Whoosh of George's powerful wings.  I waited to see if he would call to me and it didn't take long for him to give me a throaty "Croak Croak".  I came out of the barn and he was perched way up in the birch tree looking down.  I laughed at him and said, "Hi George, How's my boy?"  George became excitable and left.  I went in the house and got him an egg.  I put it on the roof for him and started heading back to the barn.  Kathy came out of the barn just as I was heading back in and George was right back on his tree.  We stood there talking to him.  Me mostly.  Then all of a sudden George became very agitated and started talking and croaking.  He began to look at me and croak. He was clearly not happy about something and he would squat down, croak , move side to side and he seemed like he was having a melt down.  He left in a hurry and circled the cow pasture and came back to the tree.  When he left I went back into the barn with Kathy.  Shortly after, George was back and he began his agitated talking again.  I went back out and tried to calm him down.  Then I noticed that he was looking at me then behind me, then at me again.  He did this several times.
George and Gracie's nest is not far from the farm.  So I turned around and to my astonishment George was croaking aggressively at two Turkey Vultures that were flying very very low to the ground right out in our horse pasture.  The closer they circled toward the barn the closer they were circling toward the nest.
     I looked up at George and told him I would take care of it.  I started walking toward the two Turkey Vultures and they flew out of sight away from us and the nest.  After George flew back to the nest, but not without flying around me first then going to check on his family.  Gracie is nesting right now.  This is a very sensitive time for George and Gracie.
     Last year George and Gracie had an all out battle with those two Turkey Vultures.  I guess I'm going to have to start training those Vultures next.
     This photo was taken today.  Here in Vermont it was so warm and there was hardly a cloud in the sky.  Kathy, her husband Bill, my daughter and I were putting up fence all morning.  George made himself quite available to me all day.  He flew over us all day as if he was protecting us.  He even followed us back up the road when we were heading back from the Barnet store with lunch.  We sat out there on the tailgate and had a picnic.  George kept us intertained as he flew circles around us the whole time.  He was probably hoping I would share some of my roast beef sandwich.

Thanks for stopping by!  George and I appreciate you taking your time out to read about our adventures.