Who can identify this bird

[BruceWard]

We found two of them in an old barn. They are roughly chicken sized.

 

[Rhett Stout]

Either a crow, raven, or a vulture/ buzzard as we call them down here. I'd vote for the later but I've never known them to nest in barns. You should stake out the barn from a distance wait for the parent to return with groceries.

If it is as big as a chicken, maybe it taste like chicken.

 

[BruceWard]

Should have said they were found in Central Arkansas. I am thinking buzzard, in which case we might as well shoot them.

 

[rekees4300]

Agree on Buzzard. Why shoot them? They may not be pretty but they do serve a purpose which is to clean up dead animals.

 

[Zxyrthe]

They look like turkey vulture chicks. And I wouldn't eat their parents either. They stink.

 

[BruceWard]

Im not a big fan of buzzards but you are right that they are useful. I certainly dont want to eat roadkill.

 

[s78wingrider]

Almost sure its illegal to shoot them here

 

[milkman]

They're buzzard chicks, sure not pretty, but I feed mine regular. Coons from the sweet corn patch and turtles from the pond. I've counted up to 14 setting on the fence posts around the pond after I fish out a big snapper.

 

[Travelover]

For sure don't kill them. They are Mother Nature's undertakers. :laughing:

 

[jayste]

Ugly but useful for cleaning up the road kill & gut piles. :thumbsup: