Everyone's Gotta Eat
We put up a bird feeder a few weeks ago, and it's now a very popular site for these tufted titmice, downy woodpeckers, and white-breasted nuthatches as well as chickadees and blue jays. (Our neighbor's cat has been hanging aruond too, but so far she's not had any luck.) As for the vulture, I saw it a few days ago but thought it was too gross to post it on its own. Its lunch, a racooon, was on the grass by the road, just a few feet from our property line. The animal control crew must have gotten there pretty soon after, as it was gone by that evening. There is a whole flock of vultures that roost in the trees behind our house - they circle overhead for an hour or two every evening.
My husband writes the nature column in the local newspaper - I'm sure he'll have something to say about these friendly visitors one of these days.
posted by Jenny at 12:01 AM
12 Comments:
You are really coming bang into form through this autumn. What a fine collection! I can't see how you are findng inspiration hard to come by! On the evidence of the past week or so, I'm throwing the case out of court, OK?
Nice pick, Sharon...
The last one is carnivora bird? what is it nmae?
belles photos et montage, mais comme bunyamin je me pose des questions sur le dernier oiseau ?
Bon dimanche
beautiful photographs and assembly, but as bunyamin I put myself questions about the last bird? Good Sunday
Great bird shots!
thats pretty neat that you guys have all these animals and birds around and your husband writes for the newspaper on related matters - it must be fun to watch them all interact in the wild.
Mile - I thought I was in pretty good form already ;-) Bunyamin and Olivier, the Turkey Vulture is the bird in the lower corner. Here's a little info about it:
* Size: 64-81 cm (25-32 in)
* Wingspan: 170-178 cm (67-70 in)
* Weight: 2000 g (70.6 ounces)
Latin Name: Cathartes aura
Other Names
Urubu à tête rouge, Vautour(French)
Zopilote Aura, Aura cabecirroja (Spanish)
It eats carrion (animals already dead) - it does not hunt. More info at: http://tinyurl.com/y8cp9p
WOnderful, wonderful shots! And your husband must be quite proud.
Yes.but-no-but-my comment was actually retrospective; and I stick by it!!:-)
Such wonderful photos. You have obviously been spending a lot of time following these birds.
You may be interested to know that, in evolutionary terms, American vultures such as this one are not closely related to Old World vultures at all. They are thought to be relatives of your STORKS (en francais: cigogne; en espanol, ciguena), however, although there is some disagreement about this.
--Fred the Husband--
ohhh how I wish to take photos like this one day:)
Good theme! The raccoon was dead already or did the vulture actually kill it? If so, that's quite a feat because raccoons aren't exactly gentle creatures.
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