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Out on a Limb

by Chris Enges

Category: AvianAdded May 16, 2008347 views

Birds of Prey

Keywords: Turkey Vulture, Vulture, Fighting, Olympic Peninsula, Sequim, Wasington

Two turkey vultures fight for a place on a limb. These scavengers ride the wind for hours looking for their next meal. When one vulture came to rest in a tall tree, another decided that it wanted the former's perch. Image shot near Sequim, Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula.

Canon 5D, Canon 300mm w/ 1.4x converter
Image Reference: Out on a Limb NP2Image Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: Digital RetouchModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No