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September 16, 2015 - After spending the afternoon at Machu Picchu it is now time to explore Aguas Calientes also known as
Machu Picchu Pueblo which is the gateway to Machu Picchu. We are spending the night here before spending Saturday morning exploring more of Machu Picchu then off to Cusco, Peru.
Taken at Fair Park (between the Grand building and the lagoon) in Dallas, Texas during the State Fair of Texas.
Augas Calientes is the little town next to Machu Picchu. It's overrun with souvenir shops and restaurants, but is quaint nonetheless. Then again, we were there in low season, in the rain - perhaps that's why is was so nice....
El buitre leonado es un ave planeadora más que voladora, pues apenas mueve las alas en el aire. Prefiere levantarse sobre las corrientes ascendentes de aire caliente, pasando horas sobre el viento a la búsqueda de animales muertos (especialmente grandes mamíferos) de los que alimentarse. El buitre está especialmente adaptado para alimentarse de carroña: su potente vista localiza cualquier cadáver en las cercanías, y cuando desciende para alimentarse (formándose entonces aglomeraciones importantes de buitres, de forma muy rápida, donde no faltan las peleas por las mejores tajadas), introduce sin problemas su cabeza y largo cuello, provistos únicamente de un plumón corto en el que la sangre y la carne no se adhieren fácilmente. El pico, pardo por arriba y amarillo en los bordes, es ganchudo y arranca largas tiras de carne con facilidad. Las patas son grises y bastante débiles, pues no necesitan capturar presas como las de las águilas y halcones.
The Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.
The Griffon Vulture is 93–110 cm (37–43 in) long with a 230–280 cm (91–111 in) wingspan; it weighs between 6 and 13 kg (13.2 and 29 lb). Hatched naked, it is a typical Old World vulture in appearance, with a very white head, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It has a white neck ruff and yellow bill. The buff body and wing coverts contrast with the dark flight feathers.
Like other vultures, it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals which it finds by soaring over open areas, often moving in flocks. It grunts and hisses at roosts or when feeding on carrion.
Little is known about the average life-span of these birds. It is approximated at 50 to 70 years in the wild, but the oldest death recorded in captivity is 118 years old.[2]
It breeds on crags in mountains in southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia, laying one egg. Griffon Vultures may form loose colonies. The population is mostly resident.
. . . in HO scale on the La Mesa Model Railroad Club's layout at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum in Balboa Park.
Vista del pueblo de Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu pueblo), asentamiento a orillas del Urubamba enteramente dedicado al turismo que produce el Machu Picchu.
View of the village of Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu village), settlement by the shore of the Urubamba river entirely dedicated to the tourism that produces the Machu Picchu.