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Always choose the upper bunk
Started April 25, 2012 @ 6:59pm by RickT
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RickT
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| Always choose the upper bunk | April 25, 2012 @ 6:59pm | These two vultures coasted over my head shortly after sunrise this morning. I was a little surprised to find them 5 minutes later hanging out on fence posts, but I suppose that they were waiting for the sun to produce some thermal updrafts to ride.
A closer look at the one sitting up top shows quite a furrowed brow.
Like many shots, enlarging a portion can add an interesting twist to the story. In this case, a look at the lower vulture shows that it failed to grab the upper bunk when roosting the previous night. Its guano-splattered feathers show why you should pick your lodging carefully.
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
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Flo
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| April 26, 2012 @ 9:33am | Very interesting info, Rick. Now I know why I always wanted the upper bunk when I was a kid! 
That poor bird looks like it's distressed to see its tresses all soiled!
These vultures are different from our eastern turkey vultures. Your vultures are more like our black vultures, which have a stubby tail. The turkey vultures have longer wings and a long tail and soar more than they flap. But our black vultures have white wing patches, which yours do not.
And I think that all vultures and condors have faces that only their mothers and mates could love, lol.
Flo - PPY
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