Vulture, Ugly birds?
Dec 3, 2020 01:20:19 #
Richard HZ
Loc: Indiana, US
Went to Monroe Lake, Indiana on last Sunday and took some photos of vultures. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 500mm 5.6 PF. Thanks in advance for your viewing!
Dec 3, 2020 01:48:26 #
Beautiful captures of an amazing, handsome, useful bird. IMHO, there's not much ugliness in nature, just variety.
Certainly, there's an evolutionary, teleological advantage to its featherless head.
NMY
Certainly, there's an evolutionary, teleological advantage to its featherless head.
NMY
Dec 3, 2020 03:50:39 #
Dec 3, 2020 05:55:51 #
Richard HZ wrote:
Went to Monroe Lake, Indiana on last Sunday and took some photos of vultures. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 500mm 5.6 PF. Thanks in advance for your viewing!
Great set of images!!!!!
Dec 3, 2020 05:57:29 #
i could see being reincarnated as a vulture ... just cruise around, ride the thermals, look for babes, but then again, the menu part is kinda gross
Dec 3, 2020 06:37:42 #
Nice work photographing these birds.
--Bob
--Bob
Richard HZ wrote:
Went to Monroe Lake, Indiana on last Sunday and took some photos of vultures. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 500mm 5.6 PF. Thanks in advance for your viewing!
Dec 3, 2020 07:05:14 #
Beautiful birds, your captures are excellent. Nature's clean up crew. An interesting fact, their excrement is sterile. Thanks for sharing these images.
Dec 3, 2020 07:59:06 #
What always amazed me was how do they know where to go. Took a morning reading about vultures a few years back, the following article is (14 Things You Should Know About Vultures) a bird we don't want to be without.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/584096/vulture_facts
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/584096/vulture_facts
Dec 3, 2020 09:49:21 #
Dec 3, 2020 09:54:29 #
hettmoe
Loc: Rural ND
Nice photos! Looks like you had Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures near each other.
Dec 3, 2020 12:10:53 #
Dec 4, 2020 05:35:30 #
Richard HZ wrote:
Went to Monroe Lake, Indiana on last Sunday and took some photos of vultures. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 500mm 5.6 PF. Thanks in advance for your viewing!
Nice set.
Dec 4, 2020 05:40:48 #
Dec 4, 2020 08:37:02 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Great set of a very useful and "beautiful" bird.... I think if you asked a vulture what he/she thinks of humans....... well, I can only imagine the replies...bet they would be funny!
Dec 4, 2020 10:57:45 #
Richard HZ wrote:
Went to Monroe Lake, Indiana on last Sunday and took some photos of vultures. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 500mm 5.6 PF. Thanks in advance for your viewing!
Not as gorgeous as birds of paradise, but who needs to look pretty when eating week old roadkill? . . .
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