The 2-year-old bald eagle on the left had been eating on the dead fish.
Strolled down to get a drink at the water’s edge.
The turkey vulture tried to steal a bite of the fish …..
It is MY fish …
vultures
CategoryAir Traffic Patterns … for Vultures
JL Neighborhood: Here is 3 minutes of chuckles! I do appreciate vultures. Both for their clean-up activities and their sense of timing that often leads to my laughter. This flock of black vultures decided that my friends and I were nothing scary and began to parade past us by land and by air. At about 20 feet away I got to enjoy the air traffic control patterns. Oh, and the video is in slo mo and was made on my iPhone. Do keep an eye to the right … and, turn up the volume, please!
JL Neighborhood 6 photos July 31, 2017
Big birds, little birds, plain brown or black birds and one of startling color!
4-year-old bald eagle with a small fish for a pre-brunch appetizer!
The tiny brown-headed nuthatch has snagged one of her favorite sources of protein:
a spider from the web below her.
This brilliantly yellow bird is a prothonotary warbler.
They come for the summer nesting season.
A northern rough-winged swallow:
a tiny speed demon that loves to consume flying insects such as mosquitos.
There is WAY more branch here than osprey!
I would have loved to have been able to see him get it into his nest.
Closeup of a beautiful black vulture.
I really appreciate their contributions to the cleanup around the lake.
JL Eagle Nest Report: First Nest is Threatened 02/03/2017
Petruchio the dad was on the nest brooding the chick(s) when an immature turkey vulture tried to invade the nest (see its wing tip at the very top of the first photo of the slide show; the nest and Petruchio are at the very bottom right). Mom Kate was almost out of sight out near the main lake when she heard Petruchio’s calls for help. Kate quickly dashed across the lake and cove and there began a terrific chase across the sky. Kate routed the vulture and soon chased it out of my sight and down behind the trees. Kate returned some minutes later. All the eagles were safe. A slide show of the chase can be seen at https://youtu.be/QpOE-eX2gjU
lakeside home
This black vulture has good reason to be worried: people keep leaving litter in his beautiful lake home.
I see the vultures as part of nature’s maintenance force.
I would hate to see what a world without the vultures’ uncomplaining work would look like.
Please share the work of the Clean Jordan Lake Organization and the Army Corps of Engineers.
Tell others of the concerns of the vultures, the bluebirds, the eagles, the herons, the ecosystem we call Jordan Lake.
colorful raptors
I always check out each bird in a vulture kettle.
The raptors of all sorts often soar in the thermals together.
This morning a red-tailed hawk joined the black vultures.
I happened to catch the two species at almost the same focal distance for a colorful photo.
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