Yesterday, however, I had a situation that indeed made me go "hmmm." My neighborhood was invaded by a
I was walking to the mailbox and noticed two large birds with great wing spans circling. Without looking too closely, I figured they were hawks, although I've seen owls around here, too. I thought to myself that I was glad the cats are indoor only. When I realized the birds weren't being territorial and then saw a few more flying, I knew the answer was turkey vultures.
I found their roosting tree just across the field from my house, maybe 100 yards away:
Enlarge it. There are at least 10 in this picture.
This guy kept to himself and was right outside my front door:
Obviously the neighborhood is in a state of decline.Before the exciting invasion, I could only be so creative as to apply "hmmm" to two types of hummers. Go figure.
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Hmmmmm....
These are truly awesome "hmmmms"
Turkey vultures, huh? Makes you wonder what the neighbors are putting in that compost pile, doesn't it?
I still have no ideas....
I almost went the "hummer" route with mine. I pass a dealership on the way to the girlfriends house all the time. I said hmmm..hummer, maybe.
The turkey vultures are kind of cool birds. They used to hang out on the balcony of the office building I used to work at. The building had reflective windows. the birds used to "see other birds" in the windows and charge the glass. It was entertaining.
haha! Hummers! I never would have thought of that...very good :-)
Those turkey vultures are pretty interesting. I guess we might have them around here, but I don't recall ever seeing one.
Good job (no pun intended). There are quite a few turkey vultures in the tree. A little advice, don't look up.
Enlarging that picture with the shit ton in teh tree literally made me go Hmm...
Hilarious~~
I have lots of buzzard photos. I need to dig them out. But I did get a post on this word up finally.
Hmmmmmm -- oftentimes when we are riding, I will admonish Z and/or P to pick up the pace, the buzzards are circling!
I don't think we have Turkey Vultures in the North and if we do.. Hmmm.. I have yet to see one...Great post...
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