Thanks, I appreciate the encouraging words and info. I did see a couple of
turkey vultures on the ground, once, around some kind of carrion. But as
soon as we got anywhere close (like close enough to take a picture), they
flew off.

Turkeys, on the other hand, seem like the neighboorhood toughs. They didn't
seem to be perturbed by me at all.

----- Original Message -----
From: "ravenintherain" <ccorax at blarg.net>
To: "EHO (Elliot Omiya)" <eho at omiya.com>
Cc: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re: Turkey vultures (not!) (acting like snow geese)


> EHO (Elliot Omiya) wrote:
>> OK, now I am officially embarrassed to report that at least 3 people tell
>> me these are actually turkeys and not turkey vultures. Having never seen
>> either of them on the ground before, I was fooled by the small Sibley.
>> Sorry about that. This is why I tell people I am a photographer and not a
>> birder. :-)
> I wouldn't be too embarrassed. There is a certain resemblance, which is
> why they are called turkey vultures, I suppose. We all make these
> mistakes and they are the key factor in learning. If everybody on
> Tweeters listed their mistakes and what they learned from them, the
> messages would go on for days.
>
> Turkey vultures do spend a lot of time on the ground but they will be
> flocked around the corpse of something.
>
> Dale
>
> --
> Dale Chase
> (AKA ravenintherain)
> Seattle, Washington
> ccorax at blarg.net
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