Simon works at the Hawk Conservancy in Weyhill, Hampshire. He's trained many birds of prey, has worked on conservation projects in South Africa and is very fond of vultures.
Fagin was bred at the conservancy, his egg was rejected by his parents, so was incubated and hand reared.
An afternoon of close up photography at the conservancy, a 2020 Christmas gift from the children, only deleted 50 of the 350+ photographs I took.
Nice capture of the two of them. When we lived in our previous house we frequently had vultures soaring or sitting on a nearby rock outcropping. They are absolutely majestic birds with the very large wing spans and they just seem to play on the wind.
@monicac fluke, luck and a tiny bit of planning thank you @foxes37 thank you, I got lucky @mcsiegle gifts a year apart and we know how lucky we are Mary!! @pusspup I got lucky @kjarn that's having camera on burst for you. Thanks @kjarn had a lot of failed ones!! Thank you @monikozi isn't he magnificent?!! @shutterbug49 I thought only found in Africa!! Learnt a lot about vultures! @happysnaps we're very fortunate! Thank you @randystreat I got lucky Kathy, thank you @joansmor many thanks @marlboromaam such a fabulous bird and so essential to the eco system! @maggiemae so graceful in the air! It's pretty rubbish at avoiding photographers though! @grammyn wasn't sure it would fit the brief?! But I'm pleased with the photo though!
Thank you all for liking my vulture and man picture.
We have beautiful Turkey vultures here. They aren’t real attractive up close with their naked red head, but with that 6 foot wingspan seeing them soar is a marvelous sight.
@foxes37 thank you, I got lucky
@mcsiegle gifts a year apart and we know how lucky we are Mary!!
@pusspup I got lucky
@kjarn that's having camera on burst for you. Thanks
@kjarn had a lot of failed ones!! Thank you
@monikozi isn't he magnificent?!!
@shutterbug49 I thought only found in Africa!! Learnt a lot about vultures!
@happysnaps we're very fortunate! Thank you
@randystreat I got lucky Kathy, thank you
@joansmor many thanks
@marlboromaam such a fabulous bird and so essential to the eco system!
@maggiemae so graceful in the air! It's pretty rubbish at avoiding photographers though!
@grammyn wasn't sure it would fit the brief?! But I'm pleased with the photo though!
Thank you all for liking my vulture and man picture.
Thank you for entering the people challenge once again.