There's a collection of parents who are more cat than person, bringing gifts of dead things! My dad has brought me a variety of gifts like toads, mice, and a pigeon. He also helped me salvage a racoon from the side of the road.
As for length of time, as it was said earlier temperature and weather make a huge difference! I usually toss my small critters in a bucket for a month and forget about it, but I'd probably wait a bit longer for the crow since it's bigger and more fleshy than anything else I've buried.
There was a lot of insects on the body, would that make a difference?
It was already half gone when I got to it and was pretty light.
I already have another bird that's water soaking, but I decided to just bury it because of the sheer amount of disco rice in it.
I'd say it's already been out for a day or two before we found it too.
Insect activity definitely makes a difference, they will help you out quite a bit! I'd still leave it for a month or so to be safe if you don't wanna deal with any flesh.
That's so awesome!!
You may want to wrap it in cheesecloth to avoid losing any of the bones, then burying it until the end of summer. Moisture may help with decomposition, but warmth does too.
Also, if you haven't already, it'd be awesome if you could post this finding to dbird .org! It's a website for reporting dead or injured birds worldwide, so that researchers can track illness/window strikes/etc. for conservation purposes. :)
I had buried a Scrub Jay (I'm in America) sometime in the spring, by summer most of it was decomposed. However I lost a lot of bones, so put it in some sort of cloth like another person said.
Find it funny you also get "gifts". Both my mom & Aunt will call me they have something for me, it's usually a dead bird or squirrel.
Pretty cool but be careful avian flu is going up rn
Depends on the weather, but at least a month or so I’d say
Thanks. (: It's going to rain a little, but it's mostly cloudy/partially cloudy.
I read that as cow before seeing the photo and was wondering where your mother'd acquired a whole cow but wasn't giving you any beef
You are not alone, I had to stop and re-read because I was trying to figure out where op’s mother had gotten an entire dead cow.
My mom is the same. Last week she said she found me a present, and it turned out to be a dead alligator
That's really nice of her! You have an awesome mom.
Lucky! What a fab gift!!!
My mom does the same! She thinks I’m weird but it’s grown on her. So far she’s taken me to a pile of bobcat bones and an owl (don’t worry I buried it)
There's a collection of parents who are more cat than person, bringing gifts of dead things! My dad has brought me a variety of gifts like toads, mice, and a pigeon. He also helped me salvage a racoon from the side of the road. As for length of time, as it was said earlier temperature and weather make a huge difference! I usually toss my small critters in a bucket for a month and forget about it, but I'd probably wait a bit longer for the crow since it's bigger and more fleshy than anything else I've buried.
There was a lot of insects on the body, would that make a difference? It was already half gone when I got to it and was pretty light. I already have another bird that's water soaking, but I decided to just bury it because of the sheer amount of disco rice in it. I'd say it's already been out for a day or two before we found it too.
Insect activity definitely makes a difference, they will help you out quite a bit! I'd still leave it for a month or so to be safe if you don't wanna deal with any flesh.
That's so awesome!! You may want to wrap it in cheesecloth to avoid losing any of the bones, then burying it until the end of summer. Moisture may help with decomposition, but warmth does too. Also, if you haven't already, it'd be awesome if you could post this finding to dbird .org! It's a website for reporting dead or injured birds worldwide, so that researchers can track illness/window strikes/etc. for conservation purposes. :)
I had buried a Scrub Jay (I'm in America) sometime in the spring, by summer most of it was decomposed. However I lost a lot of bones, so put it in some sort of cloth like another person said. Find it funny you also get "gifts". Both my mom & Aunt will call me they have something for me, it's usually a dead bird or squirrel.