Note the turkey vulture in the background.
photo by Jonathan Schechter
When clothes are wet you can hang them out to dry. When backpacking and I get soaked and the
rains stop I will try to find a sunny area to let warming rays hit my back and work their magic.
It's the same for turkey vultures.
Just a few minutes after steady rains ended one of the three turkey vultures that frequent my
meadow landed on a dead tree limb and spread wings wide, positioned to capture the sun.
I could use this turkey vulture as a living compass, for it was late afternoon and the back
side of the wings were facing west to the warming sun.
I steadied the camera on the tractor and zoomed in~!
The red head is characteristic of the turkey vulture.
photo by Jonathan Schechter |
2 Comments:
Wonderful shot!!! They are such an impressive bird to encounter.
Not an original comment Ulanawa, but in flight they are "poetry in motion"
One of my favorite birds--especially when hiking in the Appalachian Mts, and every once in a while I see when soaring beneath me.
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