Turkey Vultures
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Turkey Vultures
I took part in the Great Backyard Bird Count this past weekend. On sunday I did a walk around my 1/2 mile loop to do a count and found 3 Turkey Vultures perched in a tree.
Not really good pics as it was dark and rainy and they were really try to blend in and not be seen!!
Not really good pics as it was dark and rainy and they were really try to blend in and not be seen!!
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"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
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Those things are so ugly! First time I saw one, I was shocked, thought it was ill or something!
Did you know, that the reason they are hairless on their heads, is so when they eat the dead and rotting carcasses they don't get the ooies on them? Or at least that's what I've read. It keeps the illness down or some such thing when they dig their heads into the dead!
I guess someone has to work as a trash collector in every environment! Look at cat fish!
Did you know, that the reason they are hairless on their heads, is so when they eat the dead and rotting carcasses they don't get the ooies on them? Or at least that's what I've read. It keeps the illness down or some such thing when they dig their heads into the dead!
I guess someone has to work as a trash collector in every environment! Look at cat fish!
Jane (from the middle of the Mitten state)
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There are lots of these around here in the NJ Pine Barrens; often they are seen feeding on deer killed on the roads. They are evil-looking!
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They are always flying around , but I never had seen them in the trees or on the ground except at road kill. If I hadn't been sitting on my porch before my walk, and seen one fly out of the tree, I would have never known they were there!
And yes they are UGLY!! I just keep discovering new things out here and love it!
John, thanks for posting yours!
And yes they are UGLY!! I just keep discovering new things out here and love it!
John, thanks for posting yours!
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Claudia
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
This is what happens outside my bedroom window. Katie REALLY wanted this bird! (the photo is double clickable)
He wants to be an eagle! He was looking at a piece of garbage outside on the ground, and looking at me looking at him.
He wants to be an eagle! He was looking at a piece of garbage outside on the ground, and looking at me looking at him.
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Here's mine... Sorry they aren't very clear, but it was quite aways away and the old camera.
The pic I didn't have my camera with me is the one that got away.... We were going down a country road and there were 3 Tvuls on top of an old falling down barn. They were perched on the roof top and the one in the middle was spreading his wings like a bat. It looked like a Halloween thriller. Dang...I need to take that camera all the time!
I like yours, too, Spider! Eagle wannabee...
The pic I didn't have my camera with me is the one that got away.... We were going down a country road and there were 3 Tvuls on top of an old falling down barn. They were perched on the roof top and the one in the middle was spreading his wings like a bat. It looked like a Halloween thriller. Dang...I need to take that camera all the time!
I like yours, too, Spider! Eagle wannabee...
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That's cool! Theyre both doing the same thing! Neet set up of the shot, that's photography there!
Spider's Hosta List There are photos there too
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"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
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Very cool pics! I didn't realize how big they are until I saw an injured one at the local zoo.
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You have to be quick to get a shot of these guy's while they soaring! Luckily, they fly around here everyday!
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Claudia
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest" - John Muir
That one looks like a black vulture - note his head is black and not red. Up North they have both.
Spider's Hosta List There are photos there too
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"
"I gotta have more cowbell!" SNL
"If your gecko is broken you have a reptile dysfunction."
"If you don't talk to your cat about catnip...who will?"