Walking one day, eyes on the ground
What are those shadows, soaring around?
Quickly lifting my gaze, this sight met my eyes:
Long-pinioned birds, sailing the skies!
(The birds are turkey vultures.)
Meditations of My Heart-- Photos and Thoughts on Life
23 comments:
I wouldn't have guessed turkey vultures. We don't seem to have too many of those around here.
I love the perspective - it's soaring!!! happy SWF to you Dimple.
I love how these birds circle and soar above... great captures and prose. :)
I love big soaring birds. There are red-tailed hawks that nest near where I live and sometimes they visit my balcony. I am blessed to see them perched quietly and to see them open their wings and soar.
Great shots!! I haven't taken any photos like this thanks for sharing!
SWF
...and turkey vultures appear where there is carrion...
SKY DITTY
Sky above and earth below—
Onward on my way I go;
Earth below and sky above—
I am satisfied, my love.
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Cemetery Sky
Love the sun peeking from behind the trees!
And soaring they are in that lovely sky. Nice post. Love the poem. Have a great weekend. Mickie :)
Wow, you're a poet! I especially love the words, "sailing the skies!"
Looking upwards we meet two lovely elements: the sun and the bird. The sun dominates the sky in both pictures as the bird looks tiny in comparison, yet the bird seems to be the more active of the two, "soaring around and sailing the skies".
This picture has it all: beauty, action, sky and earth.
We often see vultures from our yard in Florida and we've talked about how lovely they are when soaring, not so lovely on the ground (but they do their job as nature intended!)
When I was a kid, I used to think they were bald eagles circling the farm. Vultures are a little less elegant sounding but they're gorgeous to watch.
Sweet captures.
I love watching the vultures soaring the skies, great photos.
What marvellous shots.
Love the poem! Your photos lovely as well.
Soaring - the best way to view a vulture. ;)
Carletta@Round The Bend
I saw my first Turkey Vultures driving south to Florida. There were none in my area of Canada. Now they are a common sight here. The trick is to keep your body moving when they circling over head:-)
Turkey vultures love the road kill on out highways here. People drive too fast for some animals to cross the road, I guess, And the turkey vultures help clean up the mess.
They are big birds, nice shots.
Wonderful sooc shots!! Happy Sunday!! :)
Great shots. I love the bright blue sky.
Teresa
Nice shots! Love the blue sky and the environment too :)
Very nice photos.
Regards!
Great shots of the birds. I like your composition and the sunflare in the top one.
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