First thing this morning we woke up and went to the vulture restaurant. We got there early, maybe 8ish and by 8:15 we had close to 80 vultures on the carcass. We were incredibly lucky to have the company of a Red Headed vulture, and two Cinereous Vultures in addition to White Backs and Himalayans. Both cow carcasses had been devoured within an hour and we headed home.
Upon arrival at Maya Devi, we had a phone call from Jess saying she saw a bunch of people crowded around a vulture. Scott had gone up for a flight, so I went to go see what was happening.
Although the story was unclear, there was a wet vulture laying down by the lake with a few men surrounding it. One had a kayak paddle and told me he hit the bird with it. "Lucas" was pretty out of it, and basically laid his head in my hands and didn't object to me carrying him away from that location. I wasn't sure if he'd be okay, he had a gash on the top of his head and wasn't struggling or showing any effort to resist me casting him.
The people on the other hand, followed me back to Maya Devi and wanted the bird back. They also brought the slingshot they used to hit the birds, which Scott broke. We had a bit of an argument, but we kept the bird.
Lucas's head wound:
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