[ssheipel]

A friend directed me a couple years ago to a spot where she says most every day either around dusk or near dawn (dog walking time ) she goes by an obvious roosting spot for Turkey Vultures, my having suggested in the past that soaring Turkey Vultures a good photo (in my eye) does not make. Have visited at the appropriate hours a few times and not seen so much as a lost feather; this time success with the big beasts stirring as the day was dawning. Delighted that the light angle gave up some blue colouration! I feel most don't agree, but I find these birds remarkable looking (okay, not cute, but definitely not ugly!). Most roosting in thick bush, it's amazing they don't bust themselves as they crash through the brush getting airborne; the noise!

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[Barbara]

I think that second one is just about as nice a portrait of a turkey vulture that one could ever imagine.

 

[Larry S.]

I was unaware my ex was in Canada.. Really nice shots of an overlooked species. Well done!

 

[jeffnles1]

I like turkey vultures and have shot many photos of them. Your photos are very well done and capture the finer points of this oft misunderstood bird. Nature's clean up crew. I agree, they are not cute but they are not ugly either.

 

[Turberticus]

Very nice! I have lots of flight shots of the dorsal side of Turkey Vultures (lots of flight shots of TVU's are belly shots in shadow) and I have to admit, their feathers have quite a unique sheen and color in the right light. Their heads on the other hand

 

[Craig Jack]

I especially like the first portrait. That's a vicious looking beak on that bird.

 

[Ralph]

A friend directed me a couple years ago to a spot where she says most every day either around dusk or near dawn (dog walking time ) she goes by an obvious roosting spot for Turkey Vultures, my having suggested in the past that soaring Turkey Vultures a good photo (in my eye) does not make. Have visited at the appropriate hours a few times and not seen so much as a lost feather; this time success with the big beasts stirring as the day was dawning. Delighted that the light angle gave up some blue colouration! I feel most don't agree, but I find these birds remarkable looking (okay, not cute, but definitely not ugly!). Most roosting in thick bush, it's amazing they don't bust themselves as they crash through the brush getting airborne; the noise!
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Remarkable detail Steven. Well done

 

[ssheipel]

I think that second one is just about as nice a portrait of a turkey vulture that one could ever imagine.

Thanks much, Barbara!

 

[ssheipel]

I was unaware my ex was in Canada.. Really nice shots of an overlooked species. Well done!

Thanks Larry. Assuming there was no roadkill around your place when you were with your ex

 

[ssheipel]

I like turkey vultures and have shot many photos of them. Your photos are very well done and capture the finer points of this oft misunderstood bird. Nature's clean up crew. I agree, they are not cute but they are not ugly either.

Thanks Jeff. And by the number of them I see in one of my favourite places (on Lake Erie) there's a lot of road kill to be had!

 

[Charles Loy]

Nice! Many here in Kansas, they fly high and gang up on food. The saying is, the only dead they will not eat is another vulture, because they know what it has been eating.

 

[ssheipel]

Very nice! I have lots of flight shots of the dorsal side of Turkey Vultures (lots of flight shots of TVU's are belly shots in shadow) and I have to admit, their feathers have quite a unique sheen and color in the right light. Their heads on the other hand

Thanks. Guess it's just me, but I love that face that looks like a nose with the skin stripped off

 

[ssheipel]

I especially like the first portrait. That's a vicious looking beak on that bird.

Thanks Craig. Guessing that beak is razor sharp!

 

[ssheipel]

Remarkable detail Steven. Well done

Thanks Ralph, appreciate it.

 

[ChrisSinSeattle]

Steven,
good capture and subject
Chris s.

 

[ssheipel]

Nice! Many here in Kansas, they fly high and gang up on food. The saying is, the only dead they will not eat is another vulture, because they know what it has been eating.

Thanks Charles.