May 14-16 "How Much Do You Know about Vultures?"

Well, there are still 2 eggs in the nest but as I have been taking notes from my photos I am beginning to realize that the vultures are either bothered by the proximity of us sharing the barn or they are extremely laid back as expectant parents. Their visits to the nest have been rather erratic during the last few days so I have begun changing the SD memory card every other day instead of daily. I also had moved the camera a little farther from the nest but now they seem to pay a little more attention to it. I may have to move it back to it's original spot. I will explain why I moved it later in this blog.

Turkey Vulture in flight

So,.....How much do you know about vultures and where did you get your information?  As I was researching earlier this week I came across an interesting blog by Nicholas Lund. In his blog he explained that everything he knew about vultures he had learned as a kid watching cartoons. He cited several including; the evil vultures in Snow White last seen flying down to feast on the dead Evil Queen, the henchmen in the animated Robin Hood were vultures, and the vultures in the original Jungle Book with their crazy cockney accents. Also there was Beaky Buzzard in the Space Jam movie.  I'm sure we could come up with a few more examples but the point that he was making is that vultures are more likely than not portrayed as harbingers of death and often villainous.  As they do not directly cause death, I prefer to call them first responders. So today we celebrate the awesomeness of vultures. Here are some cool things that you may not know about turkey vultures. (Birdandmoon.com) #3 is why I decided to move my camera, just in case.

May 14-16 Trail Cam Photos

Posing for the camera

Where did this come from?

Checking in

Yes, Orville checked in

And 1 minute later he was gone

Amelia is leaving

And Orville comes flying in by the seat of his pants!

Yes, dear. I'm here now.