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28 November 2018

Wordless Wednesday | Turkey Vultures




Wordless Wednesday is supposed to be about posting a photo(s) without any words. But, I'm a rule breaker, so here are a few words:

1 - We've been trying to go for a walk every morning. Along the way, we often run into the neighborhood turkey vultures.

2 - I always think of turkey vultures as the thugs of the avian world. Not the type of bird you'd want to run into in a dark alley.

3 - Here's a bit of strange trivia about turkey vultures that Google offered up: "Nestling Turkey Vultures projectile vomit to defend themselves." Gross, but I guess you got to do what you got to do to defend yourself.


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23 comments:

  1. L. Diane WolfeNovember 28, 2018 at 4:33 AM

    Vomiting worked in The Exorcist.

    We have them around here. They are just massive. All wing.

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  2. Nick WilfordNovember 28, 2018 at 7:20 AM

    It has to be "eerie" - that's how I'd feel if I walked past them, but I suppose you get used to it!

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    1. The Cynical SailorDecember 4, 2018 at 6:25 AM

      I get a little unnerved when they just stare at you and don't move out of the way until the very last minute.

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  3. Duwan @ Make Like An ApemanNovember 28, 2018 at 8:28 AM

    I always wanted to take pics of the turkey vultures on our morning walks in Indiantown, especially when you see them just hanging out in parking lots.

    Just think, if you were a turkey vulture had lots of enemies you'd be super skinny!

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    1. The Cynical SailorDecember 4, 2018 at 6:26 AM

      Scott has some pics of them hanging out by the trash cans at the parking lot behind that building with the green grocer.

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  4. SandeeNovember 28, 2018 at 9:04 AM

    They are most ugly, but vultures always are. They go good work, and I don't want to get close enough for the projectile puking. Gross.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  5. MandyNovember 28, 2018 at 11:29 AM

    Ah. Nature. Yuck.

    Vomiting would definitely scare me away if the turkey vulture itself didn't look quite so menacing.

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  6. Anabel MarshNovember 28, 2018 at 12:24 PM

    😮
    I’m glad we don’t have those round here.

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    1. The Cynical SailorDecember 4, 2018 at 6:27 AM

      I know they serve a purpose in the grand scheme of things, but they aren't my favorite birds.

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  7. messymimiNovember 28, 2018 at 4:28 PM

    Like ants, they are nature's clean-up crew. Kind of like an ugly vacuum cleaner.

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    1. The Cynical SailorDecember 4, 2018 at 6:27 AM

      Ugly vacuum cleaners - great way of thinking about them.

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  8. Kathe W.November 28, 2018 at 8:46 PM

    I actually like seeing the turkey vultures soaring above looking to "clean up" after some poor victim of a predator! They are like winged garbage collectors cleaning up after messy eaters.

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    1. The Cynical SailorDecember 4, 2018 at 6:30 AM

      Better them than us when it comes to cleaning up the carcasses :-)

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  9. Tonja DreckerNovember 29, 2018 at 5:11 AM

    We have a large nesting of them around the corner in the next valley, and they circle overhead quite often in Spring. Now, I'm going to be covering my head for fear of falling vomit. ;)

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    1. The Cynical SailorDecember 4, 2018 at 6:43 AM

      We'll all need to wear protective hats around vultures from now on.

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  10. Susan Flett SwiderskiNovember 29, 2018 at 8:00 AM

    Hmmm, if I saw a bunch of vultures hanging around somewhere I was walking, I believe I'd walk a little faster. You know, to remind them I ain't dead yet...

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  11. Darla M SandsNovember 29, 2018 at 9:34 AM

    Our neighborhood is a huge gathering place for red headed vultures. We think it's because of the elevation over town and the fact we're between Interstate 75 and the Little Miami River, both great avenues for an updraft. Once there were over forty in a single large tree (sadly, the neighbor had to remove it a few years ago). Oddly, this year they stayed over a month longer than usual. I saw one on my way to the gym just this morning, in fact. The creature looked cold and lonely. lol They're actually very social in their flocks, called a wake (as in a funeral), which I find way cool. But if you want to talk thugs of the avian world it's the black headed vultures who will gang up on and kill calves! That would be an awful thing to see even if I'm not likely to become a vegetarian anytime soon. Heh... Be well!

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  12. Handmade Jewelry HavenDecember 5, 2018 at 4:46 PM

    LOL...you mean the mid to south Florida State Bird??

    Thanks for sharing!!

    - Lisa

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