So busy at Chez Lonesome, what with Josh having the week off and all, but I did get a few shots of a mixed group of turkey and black vultures over the house. We also managed to wrestle many wheelbarrows full of compost onto the front yard (Josh barrowing, me raking), and seeded it with [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Turkey Vulture'
Vultures and Woodpecker
November 14th, 2007 · Comments Off
Tags: Downy Woodpecker · Turkey Vulture
Flight of the Vulture(ies) *Updated*
November 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tuesday afternoon brought more than a chilly breeze—it also brought a massive swarm of turkey vultures over our house. Stepping out the back door, I encountered a half dozen of them gliding low over the yard, then more came over, then more. I started counting and stopped at 200. The birds kept coming in one [...]
Tags: Black Vulture · Turkey Vulture
Bird in the park: Turkey Vulture
May 13th, 2007 · Comments Off
The other day I was walking alongside the road in the park. I moved over a little to get out of the way of some approaching cars. Before I know what’s happening, I slip down into the brick drainage ditch. It was a bit slippery from the morning dew. Duh. As I get up, I [...]
Tags: Turkey Vulture
Bird overhead: Turkey Vulture
March 17th, 2007 · Comments Off
People tend to ignore the random black or brown birds, dismissing them as nothing special. That’s understandable, given all the bright cardinals and bluebirds around here, but those folks would have missed the spectacular display a pair of Turkey Vultures put on over Lincoln Green the other day. They were gracefully soaring low overhead, just [...]
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