Vultures at work

[GameFarmer]

Vultures. Fascinating birds. Please share your pictures.





Pictures from Buffalo that I hunted, barely 20 minutes before.

[BGL]

Beautifull birds. Those are lappet faced afaik.
Apparently you will win the lotto if you sleep with a vultures head under your pillow. As a result the endangered white backed vulture is under even more pressure.

[Porramedic]

Awesome pics Gamefarmer. Unfortunately I'm a paramedic so the only vultures I see at work are tow-trucks

[BGL]

BTW - an interesting fact about vultures. You will notice that some, white backed for instance, have no feathers on its neck where as others, eg the lammergeier, has a feathered neck. This is because the lammergeier is a bone eating specialist. The others have adapted to prevent blood and guts soiling the feathers.

[G-force]

Taken near Jozini Dam.

[ReinhardtR]

Learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info BGL. They really are great and awesome birds.

[JS4]

Serengeti, 2004.

[Longshot]

I thought this thread was going to contain pics of parlement.

Nice pics and interesting info.

[GameFarmer]

I thought this thread was going to contain pics of parlement.

Yes. The teaser worked. :)

[KLRanger]

I really enjoy vultures. They are also such a key player in bush upkeep. Pitty they are barely existant in the Waterberg.