I saw them in and around towns quite often in Ethiopia, around Harar where they perch on the rooves of the buildings around the market, scavenging bits of camel. I saw a whole bunch of them with their heads inside a cow just on the outskirts of town.
In the Cevennes in France I saw a lot on the Causse Mejean. I think it was me they were eyeing up - it's tough walking up there. B > On 29 Sep 2013, at 15:01, "Alan C" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very interesting shot, Dan. I've never seen a vulture on the ground in town, > although I have seen them flying overhead. Here, the vultures tend to follow > the prides of lions. There are lot of game farms outside Kruger which have > lions too, so the vultures have plenty of scope. > > Alan > > -----Original Message----- From: Daniel J. Matyola > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 3:18 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Bottom of the pecking order > > Great documentary image! > > Some time ago, I captured a similar vulture on a road kill deer in the > middle of a suburban development in crowded, civilized New Jersey: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11192180 > > My guy got on the carcass after a flock of 6 vultures had taken the > best bits, but, as you can see, there was still plenty left for the > lonely guy at the end of the food chain. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >> A heavily cropped shot I took in August. This is all that remains of a >> giraffe kill. The lions, hyaenas, jakkals & vultures have all had their >> fill. This lone grey vulture is after the few sinews still available. This >> sequence is played out many times every day. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9995989443/lightbox/ >> >> Alan >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
