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November 9, 2007
Friday Feathers
Cut off by a pair of Turkey Vultures
So there I was, driving on a back road and puttering along in a beat-up pickup truck. It was cold outside but the sunshine and multi-hued trees made for a spectacular November afternoon. With my camera and lenses nestled in a bag next to me, I surveyed the countryside and inhaled its beauty. I planned to stop and photograph the scenery and was thinking about this when something caught my eye in front of the truck. I looked and saw what I thought were two turkeys flying almost into the hood of the truck. I jammed on the brakes to avoid hitting them and then pulled over to the side of the road. I turned off the ignition, got out of the truck and searched for the varmints, spotting them in a tree...
... they ain't no wild turkeys, thems turkey VULTURES that cut me off!
The vultures were directly above me and I quickly got back in the truck to change the lens on my camera. I've photographed these birds before, but they were always flying way up high and though I saw one up close once (they're VERY big and really ugly) I didn't have my camera with me at the time. Thankfully the zoom lens let me get a bit closer to them, but one flew off into another tree and hid itself in the branches. The other stayed put as I fired off as many shots as I could before it too took off. Damned varmints. ;-)
Cindy
Comments
You must be good. You made this guy look almost damned handsome. Good job.
Brain matter deposited by: susan on November 9, 2007 12:37 PM
Good job, Cinders!
Brain matter deposited by: zed on November 10, 2007 2:26 PM
Cindy is good without any doubt :-)
Brain matter deposited by: Joost Plattel on November 10, 2007 5:01 PM
Cindy is uber.
Brain matter deposited by: RONW on November 11, 2007 2:10 AM
/Cindy blushes. :-)
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on November 11, 2007 5:34 AM