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Le vautour fauve
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or Griffon vulture
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in Portugal, Turkey and to the North of India is found
feeding on carrion
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while this unknown bird of prey prefers its food fresh
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as does the peregrine falcon.
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The peacock’s feathers from the rear are almost
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as beautiful as those viewed from the front.
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The South American blue and yellow Macaw delights with feathers bold in colour
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whilst pelicans just delight.
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Duck feathers
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swan and pidgeon feathers
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abundant near the commencement of the Rhine.
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whilst chicken feathers are abundant in many different fashions.
In response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Lordy Mercy!! That first photo threw me for a loop. Carrion and the dinner hour do not go together but I Loved the rest of your Feathered Friends!! Outstanding photos!!
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Thanks Deborah. I didn’t mean to put you off your dinner. Of course it was early morning here…
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Eew! :-|> And, also, wow. These are gorgeous shots. I love all of them. Beautiful.
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Thanks Sarah. Birds come in such a variety of sorts and each has its own beauty (although I would struggle to find beauty in a chicken hawk).
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Truly. Even the vulture has its own kind of beauty.
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Love love love your photos of birds – well, maybe not the very first one, but the rest are spectacular. Took a second look before I realized that the second photo, of the two griffon vultures, is not showing a baby on mama’s back, but a bird in the background. Pretty funny once I realized what I was actually seeing.
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That is funny. I will never look at that photo again without a smile.
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And I know enough about birds to have known immediately that a baby bird is not a miniature of the adult. Even a baby vulture is fluffy – ugly but still fluffy.
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But it can be fun to let our minds play tricks on us.
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Marvelous entry Irene for this feather challenge. 😀 😀
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Thanks Cee.
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