Okay, lame segue, but this afternoon, before school let out at noon before the t-day vacation, my daughter looked up and saw a very large bird, big wing span, black body, and red head and neck.
Hmm. I showed her a picture of a sand hill crane, but nope, she said the body was was dark brown, almost black. Obviously the sand hill's feathers are dun colored (I've seen the transplants in Montana).
So, off to the Seattle Audubon Web site. I think, after looking over the pics (where this one came from) she may have seen one of the 400 turkey vultures that migrate from Vancouver Island down to California or South America each year. Maybe this guy was off course or had lost the group somehow. Anyone else see stragglers out there?
2 comments:
Hi Barb,
Love your new blog - keep it up.
FYI, Tweeters has been all atwitter with reports of huge flocks of migrating turkey vultures. That was a few weeks back so perhaps Jennifer's TUVU was a straggler. But they're still around because a friend saw one a few days ago flying overhead in Seattle.
Happy Turkey day. We had chicken!
- Caroline
Tweeters? A group I should know about?
Just saw a group of Canadian geese grazing on what's left of some pasture by the Boeing plant in Kent (most of it is now a Starbucks and shopping center).
I know, it's not like they are endangered or flying south, but I still felt sorry for them.
Barbara
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