We have Turkey Vultures here. They are HUGE! I recently saw one on the ground for the first time in my life; usually they’re at cruising at altitude.
They are MONSTERS! Run for your lives, LOL!
P.S. Sorry for your troubles. But...how DOES fried Turkey Vulture taste? ;)
We had an injured one walking around outside the house/shop last summer, just calm as you please. About 5’ tall (I didn’t get _that_ close)& bulky, for a bird. I think it had an injured wing. Ugly as sin, but non-threatening, even tho it really looks like a dinosaur. I guess nothing messes with them. Fascinating to see it upright & walking, tho. First time for me, too.
Lucky for us, it likes its food dead and rotting. Likely it tastes like what it eats. UGH!!!
We weren’t up there, but we knew weather was bad and the power outage was noted online from the local co-op. DH went up to check on the place and the neighbor told him how it happened. Our house/garage were fine.
We thought the storm took out the power, at first.
We have lots of them here. Sometimes they won’t even move out of the road if they are eating roadkill on back roads.