Warning--don't look at the photos if you don't want to see scenes from the natural world.

I live on a corner on a hillside. A few weeks ago I came around the corner and suddenly swerved when I saw what was in the street--four turkey vultures standing in a circle, wings outstretched. I rushed indoors and grabbed my camera, but didn't get all of them with wings spread.

We have a lot of squirrels in our area and occasionally they get hit by cars. (I've only hit one and I hated it. They run out right in front of your car.) At first there were two squirrels, but the vultures were taking care of it. They did move the poor critter to the side of the road, and later when I went out just about every speck was gone.

This has been a big year for bobcats--they come in our back yard--and coyotes. Mountain lions too, although I haven't seen any here.