This from the Minnesota list about carrion eaters: Subject: Aitkin County update From: Warren <wenelson AT MLECMN.NET> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:25:49 -0500 Question of the day: what do you get when you put a dead deer in a field, add 4 BALD EAGLES, 20+ TURKEY VULTURES, 12 RAVENS and 5 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES. Answer: a very quick snack. This was the scenario out on C.R. 15 west of Aitkin yesterday. The entire deer was gone in about an hour -- meat, fur and bones. URP!!!...Warren Nelson and this from Natural History magazine about cormorants: http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/features/19298/to-kill-a-cormorant?page=3 This was mentioned in a discussion on the Illinois list; no one else in Ohio seems to have an opinion they want to share, except for the DOW flacks who send their info to the rod & gun mags. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]