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| Turkey Vultures roosting for the night. |
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| Double trestles over the Congaree river. |
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| Nearly a full moon. |
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| Moon and it's reflection. |
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| Really Cool Beetle just doing it's thing! |
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Evening Stroll by the River
After a day of feeling bored out my gourd and only cooking, eating and sleeping we figured we needed to get off our rear ends and go for a walk along the River.
Scott read recently where these vultures will actually throw-up and poop on workers if they are startled... makes me glad neither of us are power or cell tower workers. YIK! Can you imagine the smell - they eat rotting carcasses. EWWW!
I just love capturing the reflections.
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ReplyDeleteLove the moon and its reflection!! You have lovely photos on this post!
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I have a funny story about that! I worked a summer at our local zoo. One of my first days there I was they wanted me to help with the turkey vulture, Lurch. He was really calm and collected with the handler and so I, rather foolishly, decided he would be calm and collected with me too. Not! I tried to pet his chest with one finger and he promptly bit me and threw up on me. That was how I learned that vomiting is one of their main defense tactics. Oh, it was fun. It was all my fault though. I was being to personal and we'd just only met. He didn't feel threatened enough to poop for which I was quite thankful. Biting and vomiting got the point across just fine!
ReplyDeleteAnd holy cow is that a lot of them!
BLD..... LOL!!!!!! Wanna know something... this was only ONE of the towers the one neck to it had just about as many Vulture's roosting on it as well. Sorry you got that lesson "up close and OH SO personal"
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