Showing posts with label International Vulture Awareness Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Vulture Awareness Day. Show all posts

Saturday, September 5, 2009

International Vulture Awareness Day 2009

Last April, Rick, Matty and I went to Clifty Falls State Park in Indiana for spring break where we saw Turkey Vultures galore! Riding on thermals and circling out over the Ohio river, fourteen of them put on quite a show outside our fourth-floor balcony...

Being almost eye-level with the Turkey Vultures in flight
was so much fun! They would float past our balcony over
and over on giant loops as they circled over the Ohio River
and then circled back past our room. In every return flight,
they seemed to be eyeing me and the camera!

For more Turkey Vulture photos and the earlier
posts from our Clifty Falls trip, click here.


"Today, bloggers from all over the world are spreading the love for vultures by participating in the IVAD09 virtual event. All participants of IVAD09 aim to raise awareness about the important role vultures play in our environment and the alarming problems vultures are facing today. Birdlife.org posted: The world needs to learn to love vultures – or lose them.'"