Curious Vulture asks: "Aren't you dead yet"?
Vultures frequently appear when I'm out photographing along the Brazos River and its tributaries. I was on the ground trying to "tickle" a large Wolf Spider out of its hole in the bank of the Brazos River downstream of the steel bridge at Newcastle. Tipped off by its shadow repeatedly running by and over me as I was occupied, I looked up to find one, then several vultures circling above me. They must have spotted me moving along and slowing down or stopping occasionally as I found stuff to photograph. Kneeling on the ground for 15 minutes trying (unsuccessfully) to lure the spider out of its refuge, caused them to circle and hover, probably trying to tell if I was motionless by choice.... or dead. I was glad when they moved off because when vultures decide to expel what they've finished digesting, it's messier and smellier than when sea gulls do the same thing. I have no idea how accurate their aim is, but I wouldn't have wanted to deal with even a "near miss".
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Curious Vulture asks: "Aren't you dead yet"?
Vultures frequently appear when I'm out photographing along the Brazos River and its tributaries. I was on the ground trying to "tickle" a large Wolf Spider out of its hole in the bank of the Brazos River downstream of the steel bridge at Newcastle. Tipped off by its shadow repeatedly running by and over me as I was occupied, I looked up to find one, then several vultures circling above me. They must have spotted me moving along and slowing down or stopping occasionally as I found stuff to photograph. Kneeling on the ground for 15 minutes trying (unsuccessfully) to lure the spider out of its refuge, caused them to circle and hover, probably trying to tell if I was motionless by choice.... or dead. I was glad when they moved off because when vultures decide to expel what they've finished digesting, it's messier and smellier than when sea gulls do the same thing. I have no idea how accurate their aim is, but I wouldn't have wanted to deal with even a "near miss".
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