I Shoot People

If you were flying over Scotland last week and happened to see a giant bird out your window, don’t worry, you weren’t tripping on your business-class cabernet. An African vulture called a Ruppell’s griffon escaped during a bird show and went missing for four days, prompting the World of Birds to warn commercial aircraft: The Ruppell’s holds the world’s altitude record for birds at 36,000 feet. It’s not known whether this particular vulture buzzed any pilots; it was recovered from a telephone pole using a dead chick as bait.

(Not My Pic — but had to share this one.)

Ok, Okay….. I have a strange sense of humor.  But I have always thought about how you scratch an itch when you don’t have all the digits or appendages we take for granted.

This youngster was having a hard time this morning.  Fish weren’t falling for his antics, older birds were poaching in his territory, and he  had a terrible itch.

It’s hard not to fall in love with a fuzzy little feather ball who loves to take a bath in the nude.

Ok — so it’s just a little Puffin — but they are so cute!

It almost makes me want to go fishing — and I don’t fish!

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This stately gent didn’t care how close I approached, he’d seen many more photographers than me in his lifetime.

Humans aren’t the only social creatures on earth.

Pelicans @ Salton Sea

Someone should tell these pelicans that they are in violation; not having a fishing license.

This old tanker was found along the shores of the Salton Sea (CA). I happened to be there to photograph birds, but if you have never been there it’s an interesting ecological disaster — well, that’s what I call it anyway. If you like your people as weathered and crusty as this truck — you’ll feel quite at home. Which I don’t mean as a negative — I love people with character — people who are determined and hardy.

What do you call a rust bucket in the desert

If you happen to be in Southern CA during the winter while the birds are on their annual migration South, you’ll find a wonderful abundance of species here. Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge