Comments on: Are You Aware Of Vultures? http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/ Not your typical birder! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:14:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daveabirding http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12190 Daveabirding Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:35:38 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12190 Wish I had seen this closer to the day - humans eating like a kettle of vultures at a sushi restaurant would be great fun. "Chuck" the educational vulture at the Birds of Prey Foundation never met a bleach bottle he didn't peel the label off. He was imprinted, but a very fun bird to interact with. Always around and underfoot when we would clean the pools. Wish I had seen this closer to the day – humans eating like a kettle of vultures at a sushi restaurant would be great fun. “Chuck” the educational vulture at the Birds of Prey Foundation never met a bleach bottle he didn’t peel the label off. He was imprinted, but a very fun bird to interact with. Always around and underfoot when we would clean the pools.

]]> By: rachel http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12189 rachel Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:32:21 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12189 I ran over a raccoon the other day and the only thing that made me feel better was the thought that a turkey vulture would probably have a good meal out of it. I ran over a raccoon the other day and the only thing that made me feel better was the thought that a turkey vulture would probably have a good meal out of it.

]]> By: Craig Steffen http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12184 Craig Steffen Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:46:09 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12184 Hey Sharon-- You say here that vultures can smell carrion. But I thought at some point in the past you said that birds couldn't smell at all (seagull island). Huh? Hey Sharon–

You say here that vultures can smell carrion. But I thought at some point in the past you said that birds couldn’t smell at all (seagull island). Huh?

]]> By: Juncadee http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12175 Juncadee Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:51:36 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12175 I have no vulture fun fact, but here is a link to my favorite vulture comic by Rosemary Mosco: http://www.birdandmoon.com/birdandmoon/vultures.html I have no vulture fun fact, but here is a link to my favorite vulture comic by Rosemary Mosco: http://www.birdandmoon.com/birdandmoon/vultures.html

]]> By: carri ann http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12173 carri ann Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:01:07 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12173 i am now thankyewverymuch! ;-) i am now thankyewverymuch! ;-)

]]> By: Teri and the cats of Furrydance http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12171 Teri and the cats of Furrydance Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:28:05 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12171 They always creep me out, but it's very interesting to read about them and their plight due to poisons etc. Funny video... that's called environmental stimulation, too They always creep me out, but it’s very interesting to read about them and their plight due to poisons etc. Funny video… that’s called environmental stimulation, too

]]> By: Emily Olive Petit http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12170 Emily Olive Petit Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:53:28 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12170 I have long had a fondness for vultures, and their preservation is most important. I have long had a fondness for vultures, and their preservation is most important.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12169 Kirk Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:00:08 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12169 To help keep themselves cool, vultures will defecate on there legs. The evaporation does the trick. But it will not win friends or influence enemies... To help keep themselves cool, vultures will defecate on there legs. The evaporation does the trick.
But it will not win friends or influence enemies…

]]> By: Cait http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12168 Cait Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:59:15 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12168 Vultures are AWESOME! We had a pair nest in an abandoned barn on my grandparents' property about 18 years ago. (I'm fairly sure that's not normal, but that's where they ended up.) We (me, my brother, and the foreman's son) used to sneak up through the little space between the round bales and the wall so we could peak at the nest through a cracked board. The babies were adorable- grey fuzzy lumps. If I can find ht ephotos we took< i'll upload them to flickr. Vultures are AWESOME!

We had a pair nest in an abandoned barn on my grandparents’ property about 18 years ago. (I’m fairly sure that’s not normal, but that’s where they ended up.) We (me, my brother, and the foreman’s son) used to sneak up through the little space between the round bales and the wall so we could peak at the nest through a cracked board. The babies were adorable- grey fuzzy lumps. If I can find ht ephotos we took< i'll upload them to flickr.

]]> By: Birdchick http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/09/are-you-aware-of-vultures/comment-page-1/#comment-12167 Birdchick Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:21:27 +0000 http://www.birdchick.com/wp/?p=3759#comment-12167 Nice shots, Larry! Art, great flight shots! Nice shots, Larry!

Art, great flight shots!

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