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tanukifu > While I was climbing out on some rocks and setting up to photograph a heron, I looked over and noticed a group of young turkey vultures congregating not far away.
tanukifu > The young turkey vultures were bouncing about and jumping from rock to rock... It was if they were playing...
tanukifu > Their playings seemed to have upset the heron because it flew over and started nipping at the juvenile vultures.
tanukifu > This vulture got clipped on the wing...
tanukifu > I like this image because the differences in wing pattern make a nice sequence progression...
tanukifu > As the heron kept trying to intimidate and nips at the vultures they kept coming back over and over...
tanukifu > As the heron kept trying to intimidate and nips at the vultures they kept coming back over and over...
tanukifu > As the heron kept trying to intimidate and nips at the vultures they kept coming back over and over... one was bolder and really didn't seem to want to leave...
tanukifu > As the heron kept trying to intimidate and nips at the vultures they kept coming back over and over...
Their playings seemed to have upset the heron because it flew over and started nipping at the juvenile vultures.
> Their playings seemed to have upset the heron because it flew over and started nipping at the juvenile vultures.
Their playings seemed to have upset the heron because it flew over and started nipping at the juvenile vultures.
Camera: Nikon Corporation (Nikon D300s) |
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Keywords: vulture gbh great blue heron 175 cjt 0221 great falls national park tanukifu
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