#vulture blog

[somnambulant-seraphim]

Here’s the set of the bigger squirrel bones reunited with their paws and tail that I preserved a while ago. They’re from a female Eastern Grey Squirrel, which is an invasive species where I live, due to their ability to adapt to new environmnents easily. They’re also quite a bit larger in size than the native species of squirrels. 

I tried out a nicer arrangement, they’re not in complete accurate order (I don’t have all of the bones either), but I tried grouping the types of bones together in a way that looked a bit more “like a body”. 

This was also the first successful squirrel tail that I’ve preserved, so it makes me happy to see all of the pieces come together :)

[corvidaemnit]

every single day I think about how american black vultures are known for engaging in interspecific allopreening (preening between different species)

and they have a specific relationship with crested caracaras, in which the black vultures assist them by not only preening them after meals but also leading them to food in the first place— due to their superior sense of smell— while the caracaras assist the black vultures by acting as a warning signal in case of danger

and while this is more typical of black vultures, this is not common at all for any member of the falconidae family— it’s a special bond!

yet another post in favor of vultures everyone , hope you enjoy:) and I implore you to do some more research on these incredible birds !!

EDIT: I meant interspecific allopreening! excuse my typo!

[abscess-and-enamel]

Hand sewn teeth on an old sweater! Hoping this is a hit with the teeth lovers here

[viverridae]

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(1999-2021)

[lazyevaluationranch]

17-03-2024 Vulture.

The turkey vultures spend the winter in Venezuela, fly North along the mainland, and circle in groups above the shoreline. In the air they mostly lock their wings open and glide, not flap. So where the land ends they must circle at the water's edge and wait for the wind to be right to glide across to the islands in a group.

For months there have been no vultures, and then suddenly yesterday the wind opened their way home and the island's whole population is here, all at once. It's like someone found a giant knife switch labeled "Vultures" in a cave and shoved it to "on" with a satisfying "KA-VULTURE" sound.

The house is perched atop a stony ridge. The sun falls on the bare dark glacier-scraped slope behind the house and warms the stone, and from the warm stone a column of warm air rises. The vultures enter this invisible pillar of air and circle around its edges, upwards, upwards, around and above the house on ink-dark wings that glow where the sunlight comes through the edges of the feathers.

Sometimes they leave this air-column and glide over to the next stone ridge, the next invisible column of air, and the next beyond it, the next beyond that. Watching the vultures trace out the locations of the pillars, you get a sense of a whole vast structure of warmth and wind, like some grand invisible temple rising hundreds of meters into the bright brazen sky.

It's always here, I think, the huge columns, the invisible temple the glaciers built, made of air and light. But I can only see its structure when the vultures trace it out for me, like architectural drawings. Glad someone found the KA-VULTURE switch this year.

[lunarlover12]

Gorgug: "Do you have a warrant? Do you have a fucking warrant?" And then fucking snorts like a pig at the agent!

[orofeaiel]

Beautiful gifts from @seabeck :'3

[whale-falls]

Happy good Friday

[n0sf4atu]

✧･ﾟ: *･ﾟ* 🦷 ✧･ﾟ*･ﾟ*

(From pinterest)

[ickachris]

[animacules]

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[somnambulant-seraphim]

Some preserved wings and feet from a dead male house sparrow I found a while ago. 

[iterator-ask-blog]

pebbles. take this miros vulture

he’s very friendly (trust)

[oh-look-a-stim-blog]

— Bone Collection

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[etherealkins]

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stimboard with themes of the void, emptiness, and vultures.

requested by: anon | made by: crowley

[hmtaxidermy]

A beautiful start to general deer season <3

Five skulls waiting to be cleaned!