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<blockquote data-quote="Carroll" data-source="post: 399749" data-attributes="member: 9246">Taken at Truman Dam Visitor's Center &quot;Overlook&quot;, at Warsaw, Missouri. I&nbsp; realize Turkey Vulture's (Buzzards) are technically not classified as Raptors, but as Birds Of Prey.&nbsp; However, I thought that Raptor admirers might appreciate the soaring&nbsp; capabilities of this Bird. A really good looking UGLY bird, that bats&nbsp; clean-up.As I was taking their photos (lots), perhaps I was&nbsp; viewed as a possible smelly object by 6-8 of these really BIG birds, and&nbsp; they would swoop past me at about 10 to 20 feet...out in the air, with&nbsp; the several hundred foot drop-off immediately in front of me. Kind of&nbsp; startling now and then. Now that I think about it, maybe they&nbsp; thought/hoped I was going to jump...major feast! LOLMore info:<a href="http://theraptortrust.org/the-birds/hawk-facts/vultures/" target="_blank">The Raptor Trust » Vultures</a><a href="http://www.welcometowarsaw.com/44/Truman-DamVisitors-Center" target="_blank">Truman Dam / Visitors Center | Warsaw, Missouri City Government!</a>[ATTACH]132240[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carroll, post: 399749, member: 9246"] Taken at Truman Dam Visitor's Center "Overlook", at Warsaw, Missouri. I realize Turkey Vulture's (Buzzards) are technically not classified as [U]Raptors[/U], but as [U]Birds Of Prey[/U]. However, I thought that Raptor admirers might appreciate the soaring capabilities of this Bird. A really good looking UGLY bird, that bats clean-up. As I was taking their photos (lots), perhaps I was viewed as a possible smelly object by 6-8 of these really BIG birds, and they would swoop past me at about 10 to 20 feet...out in the air, with the several hundred foot drop-off immediately in front of me. Kind of startling now and then. Now that I think about it, maybe they thought/hoped I was going to jump...major feast! LOL More info: [url=http://theraptortrust.org/the-birds/hawk-facts/vultures/]The Raptor Trust » Vultures[/url] [url=http://www.welcometowarsaw.com/44/Truman-DamVisitors-Center]Truman Dam / Visitors Center | Warsaw, Missouri City Government![/url] [ATTACH=CONFIG]132240[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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