{"id":159413,"date":"2024-05-28T05:55:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=159413"},"modified":"2024-05-28T06:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:01:38","slug":"turkey-vulture-spread-wing-postures-from-one-extreme-to-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/28\/turkey-vulture-spread-wing-postures-from-one-extreme-to-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Vulture Spread-wing Postures – From One Extreme To Another"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a busy day yesterday.<\/p>\n

I spent 7+ hours on a birding trip to the west desert and after I got home my vegetable garden was screaming at me to do some long-delayed weeding and other chores. So most of the rest of the day was taken up by yard work and my mandatory afternoon nap, which left no time for reviewing and processing the more than 1500 photos I took that morning.<\/p>\n

So today I decided to focus on two of the many Turkey Vultures I photographed in their iconic spread-wing postures.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Most of them, like this one, were in incredibly busy and cluttered settings. In some cases there was so much brush surrounding them there seemed to be no room for them to spread both wings. But a couple of them turned and twisted and finagled until they could do it anyway. Turkey Vultures take this posture seriously.<\/p>\n

I’d stopped to talk to my friends Jim and Star who live along the remote road and they told me about some of the pioneer history of the area, which I’m always fascinated by. If we hadn’t jabbered for so long, I’d almost certainly have missed most of the vultures I photographed yesterday. Thanks Jim and Star.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Only one of the vultures I photographed in spread-wing postures gave me a clean and nearly symmetrical look, which I appreciated after so many jumbled up settings.<\/p>\n

Turkey Vultures molt their primaries sequentially, from innermost to outermost, and I couldn’t help but notice the new darker primary growing in on the left wing of this bird.<\/p>\n

In news about other birds, I’m finally noticing more raptors (mostly buteos) in this area after at least a year of unusually low numbers. Many of them appear to be juveniles, which suggests that raptors had, or are having, a productive nesting season.<\/p>\n

If so, it’s about time.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I had a busy day yesterday. (2 photos)<\/p>\n

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