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Big Birds
There's a marshy sort of strip of land between the road that runs by my apartment complex and some townhouses. At a guess, it's a bit over 100 meters wide. There's a street that crosses over it with a little bridge in the middle.
Yesterday, when coming home from work, I happened to glance over and saw a dozen or so vultures perched here and there on the railing that runs alongside the bridge. I guess a group of them had decided it was a good place for a rest. There was also one vulture slowly circling and descending as if coming in for a landing. I couldn't tell whether they were black vultures or turkey vultures. I see a lot of the latter around here. With the bushes and tall grass and such along the side of the road, I couldn't get a very good look at them as I drove past.
It's always kind of neat to see wildlife in suburbia. It's easy to forget that there are non-domesticated critters living around us.
Yesterday, when coming home from work, I happened to glance over and saw a dozen or so vultures perched here and there on the railing that runs alongside the bridge. I guess a group of them had decided it was a good place for a rest. There was also one vulture slowly circling and descending as if coming in for a landing. I couldn't tell whether they were black vultures or turkey vultures. I see a lot of the latter around here. With the bushes and tall grass and such along the side of the road, I couldn't get a very good look at them as I drove past.
It's always kind of neat to see wildlife in suburbia. It's easy to forget that there are non-domesticated critters living around us.
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I hope they weren't a premonition. lol.......
Hugs, Jon
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From what I've read n been told about them, they're pretty cool birds. I often see them from my office window, circling over near the airport. There must be good thermals over there for gaining altitude.
I don't know why they were all hanging around on the rail the other day. Maybe they'd just finished chowing down on something and were chilling while digesting.
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Not sure I have ever seen vultures around here, but I still occasionally see Bald Eagles. :)