La versión español está después de la versión inglés.
I SNAPPED 446 photos during our day on the mountain (the cablecar, the fog, and the birds of prey). Once home, I deleted 102 photos. On closer inspection, I cropped and edited 28. And I promise you won’t have to see even that many. However, I’m going to split what’s left over a day or two (or maybe three). The bird show was excellent, educational, and entertaining. The lead trainer explained everything in detail, first in Spanish and then in English, while working with several different large birds of prey. His audience was shivering, so he moved through it all more quickly than usual, which left him out of breath a couple of times. Some of the show left me gasping for air, too.
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HICÉ 446 FOTOS durante nuestro día en la montaña (el teleférico, la niebla y las aves rapaz). Una vez en casa, borré 102 fotos. En una inspección más cercana, recorté y edité 28. Y le prometo que no tendrá que ver ni siquiera eso. Sin embargo, voy a dividir lo que queda un día o dos (o tal vez tres). El espectáculo de aves era excelente, educativo, y entretenido. El entrenador principal explicó todo en detalle, primero en español y luego en inglés, mientras trabajaba con diferentes aves rapaces grandes. Su audiencia estaba temblando, por lo que se movió a través de todo más rápido de lo habitual, lo que lo dejó sin aliento un par de veces. Parte del espectáculo también me dejó sin aliento.
(Abajo) La razón por lo cual un buitre no tiene plumas en el cuelo: Para que pueda llegar a lo más profundo de un cadáver.
Eso es lo que obtiene el hombre por sentarse tan cerca a un carroñero c(y obstruir mi vista).
Please sir, I want some more… Photos, that is.
Susan:
Oh, I’m so glad because they’re on their way.
That first photo is magnificent! Looking forward to more!
Debra:
Thanks so much. The fog made for interesting color and contrast. But I can’t wait to go back in the sunshine… if the sun ever shines when I go up!
Mother Nature is amazing.
Your photos are wonderful minus the man in front post more please.
cheers, parsnip
Parsnip:
More are on their way. It seems there’s always a man in the front with a shining globe that appears in every shot… which is why I never sit in the front.
Never knew vultures are so beautiful! Too bad they don’t have another name.
Magnificent photos, Mitch.
Sir…..may we please have some more?
Like me he’s quite beautiful ……..from behind xx
John:
I think he’s quite beautiful from the front, too, as are you!
Jim:
That’s a Griffon Vulture, which is an Old World vulture and much more beautiful than the turkey vultures I used to always see in the States… especially since I have a memory of one feasting on roadkill on our country road in Connecticut. NOT a pretty sight… although gratifying.
Jim:
I just discovered that the Griffon Vulture is also known as the Eurasian Griffon. There! You don’t have to think of it as a vulture!
PHEW!! Thanks.
I’ve always thought that vultures were fascinating. Such ugly faces and necks on top of magnificent bodies, wings and feathers! The no feathers on neck thing is interesting. Everything has a purpose I guess. The picture with the man’s head in the way is hilarious! It looks like the bird has shoved its head in the man’s face 🙂
Deedles:
That man’s head kept getting in the way of my shots, so I cracked up when i saw that shot. Apropos. I think this Griffon’s Vulture is more beautiful than many other types of vultures I’ve seen.
My first thought: well, that’s comparing the vomit of someone who ate colorful jelly beans to one who had a Brussels sprout and kale smoothie! Then I looked again. This one is indeed beautiful 🙂
Deedles:
Oh come on. Everyone knows jellybean vomit is beautiful while Brussels sprouts/kale vomit is not.
The point being, it’s still puke! This particular vulture (are vultures and buzzards the same thing?) is a lot less pukey than others I’ve known.
Deedles:
Oh, I got the point. And in response to your questions about buzzards and vultures, I looked it up. I always thought they were the same thing, but apparently they’re not (and apparently Americans are the most apt to assume they’re the same). Buzzards are in the Buteo family like Hawks, and they don’t have the naked necks that Vultures have. Also buzzards (like the Red-tailed Hawk) normally kill their own food, while vultures are almost exclusively scavengers. Fascinating, isn’t it? And I don’t really think jellybean vomit is beautiful… not that I’ve ever seen jellybean vomit… although I HAVE seen Cocoa Puffs vomit… and that is NOT pretty.
Of course you got the point, sweet knees! I’m just picking a “fight”. This must be what having a brother is like 🙂 It’s fun! See how I also got you to explain the difference’s between the birds? It is very fascinating, and I didn’t have to do the googling work! Have a good weekend, doll face.
that first pix – such feather details!
anne marie:
I was really pleased (and surprised) by that. The fog made things very strange.
Only 446 photos? That’s it?
Vultures are generally birds I don’t like. They tend to be hideous looking, although they are good for the environment eating up carrion. This variety is one of the prettier I have seen.
Mistress Borghese:
I agree with you about vultures and about this variety (Griffon’s Vulture), as well. I find these are actually beautiful, but usually don’t feel that way about other vultures. And, yes, they are great for the environment.
I’m loving the first one; gorgeous!
Bob:
Thanks. Sometimes I get lucky. (It’s bound to happend when you shoot 100 photos every few minutes.)
Wow! That is close.
David:
If I had sat closer, I could have been the shiny orb with the vultures neck projecting out of it.
birds of prey are fascinating, we saw a demonstrations with Hawks in Ireland and how intelligent these birds are.
larrymuffin:
And they walk like Groucho Marx.
I kind of go the other way. I like the turkey vultures better than the griffons. I’m rather a New World vulture fan, I guess. I think New World vultures are called “buzzards” because the early settlers equated them with bustards, which I think are smallish hawks. Anyway, I was glad for the tip from anne marie, because that first photo is fabulous!
anne johnson:
Thanks so much. The fog made for magical images. Fascinating tidbit about the bustards. I vaguely remember that. I always loved seeing the turkey vultures soaring above.