It's funny the things you think about when you're sitting alone watching the world go by. Shift changes can be busy times, a whole lot of vehicles come in and then a short time later, a bunch come out. Oil field rush hour I like to call it.
Our friendly neighborhood vultures are about the same way. At last count we had 47 of them roosting on a nearby high tension tower. It makes for quite a spectacular display in the mornings when they all take off for the day. The result being a raptor rush hour. The smaller birds don't seem to enjoy this as much as I do. I even got a low level fly over yesterday when one wanted a closer look.
The nearby cattle are never in a rush and the local turkeys dislike speeders on the county road next to where we are. They have even slowed a few down by running towards the road and then flying up near the offending vehicle. This is great entertainment for few vultures that hang around in the trees across the street. I call them "the goon squad" and have even gotten into a staring contest a couple of times with them.
The 30 or so hogs usually rush to cross the road between us and the well because they don't like the noise or the traffic. I haven't had the honor of seeing them yet but I think they checked us out one of the first nights we were here, the smell was something that has to be experienced first hand, there is no describing it.
Right now its about that time when the vultures have returned to their roost, the cows should be by soon and we get a little "quiet" time.
Have a Great Day everyone!
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