Yummy scat

[dadas115]

Yesterday on my way to work I came across several black vultures picking at something in the road. It didn’t look like a dead animal but they were really going after it. In fact they were so interested in what they were eating they let me get very close without showing any sign of alarm. After looking for a bit I realized that the birds were picking apart a pile of scat that was left behind during the night by what looked like it might have been a coyote (very full of hair YUK!).

I used my Rebel XT camera and EF 500mm f/4.5L USM for these shots. Since this was a quick and unexpected stop I left the tripod in the trunk and had to settle for my knee as a support to steady the camera. It was tough to get any sharp pictures as my shutter speeds were down around 1/30 second and I was being thwarted by both camera shake and subject movement. Some carefully timed shots between wind gusts and bird shuffles did afford me a few good pictures (at least they made me happy)

Thanks for looking,

Greg

[paulnj]

holy sh...

That is news to me that they eat ... scat

nice images of a very hungry group of black vultures

[almo]

I had no idea they ate crap. I knew that African vultures did that from time to time, but not American's.

I have seen on tv some people that keep a few of these guys as pets. I find that to be without taste, but I guess everybody has somebody that loves them.

Nice shots, but ugly subjects.

[almo]

Hey, Lets make this a vulture thread!

Here are my best shots...

[dadas115]

Great idea Almo and nice shots,

I think I will start a new thread for it though so more people will respond.

Hope to see you there!

Greg