Tuesday 7 June 2011

Augur Buzzard


Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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22 comments:

Esther Garvi said...

Beautiful creature!
Warm greetings from West Africa,
Esther

Sy said...

Love this one! Fantastic colours, what a stunning looking bird

Unknown said...

Great close up!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

fjällripan said...

What a great photo and a beautiful bird! Nice to see in real and so close.

holdingmoments said...

Great capture JM.
I can never get close to our Buzzards here.

Springman said...

JM, that's just to much with the wall of the crater in the far distance. So cool. I can almost see the Masai tribesmen...

Diane said...

A completely new bird to me, what a great photo. Diane

theconstantwalker said...

A lovely bird to see JM.
Many thanks for sharing.

MaineBirder said...

What a unique looking Buzzard. Very nice capture!

mick said...

The bird in that landscape make a great photo!

Sondra said...

WOW look at those Talons, what an amazingly well equiped hunter! Terrific landscape behind him as well!!
Happy travels.

eileeninmd said...

Wow, cool looking vulture! Great shot!

Lowell said...

Superb photograph ... this does not look like any of our buzzards...and I would think his flying over my head would not augur well... :-)

art is in the kitchen said...

This buzzard looks more like an eagle than a vulture. Maybe this scavenger still hunts. Wild shot!

EG CameraGirl said...

I guess there must be a lot of wildlife living in that crater. Isn't this a crater that you're only allowed to go into with a guide?

Fotokarusellen said...

Beautiful capture. Well done.

Joan Elizabeth said...

That's a big bird ... look at those legs. I like its setting too.

Costea Andrea Mihai said...

impressive bird!! thank you!

KaHolly said...

Oh, my goodness, what a beautiful bird!

joo said...

Terrific photo JM!

Pat Ulrich said...

Such a handsome bird -- terrific shot!

Pat said...

He's a beauty! Posing for you!