Holy monkeys, guys!!!

[carrie721]

So. I was driving home from Barnes & Noble today (I bought Steel Magnolias, the new Mark Knopfler & Emmylou album, and Trio (y'know, Dolly, Emmylou, Linda), for anyone who's interested), and after I got off the freeway, I saw this thing just sitting in the middle of the road, and I had no idea what it was. I pulled off the road a little ways up and walked back, and it was an injured bird! At first I thought it had been decapitated ( ) since it had blood on the top of its head, but then I realized it was just scared ****less and hurt. I picked it up and walked back to my car and figured out that it's a young turkey vulture. It's about the size of a pigeon and UGLY! I called a wildlife rehabilitator whose number I got from my vet, but she's not answering and has no voicemail, apparently. Sooooo ... it looks as if I have a pet vulture for the night!! I'll have pics up in a min.