October 23, 2024

Fantasy Birds and Real Vultures

The first three pictures are from a colorful painting that I bought in June. 




Today’s final picture is one that I shared a few years ago. These are vultures taking off, recorded by my trail cam.  I’m bringing it back because Halloween is only a week away and I think they look creepy here, although vultures are beneficial birds.

Wild Bird Wednesday

10 comments:

  1. The painting strokes are so punchy

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  2. Like all other species vultures are just filling their role in the ecosystem. Beneficial? By whose standards? Do we classify sparrows as beneficial because they consume insects? Chairman Mao labelled them as “Enemy of the People” and instructed citizens to destroy them. It’s time we stopped measuring the qualities of other organisms by human-centred values.

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    1. Vultures eat roadkill. That’s a benefit.

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  3. The painting looks pretty. A great capture of the vultures. Take care, have a great day!

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  4. Well, sorry to not see the whole painting. It looks very interesting and busy by these details. Yep, that take off gives the birds a bit of a scary aspect!

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  5. What a gorgeous shot! Really nice, I love vultures - and you captured their movement so nicely!

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  6. The paintings are so bright and colourful.
    I like the photograph of the vultures.

    All the best Jan

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  7. Nice juxtaposition of real and imagined birds!
    Happy Halloween.
    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  8. I love the colors in the paintings you purchased.
    You sure captured a lot of vultures with your trailcam.

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