{"id":463,"date":"2014-10-01T00:39:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=463"},"modified":"2014-10-03T23:40:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T02:40:30","slug":"black-vultures-at-landfill-site-san-martin-de-los-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/463","title":{"rendered":"Black vultures at landfill site, San Mart\u00edn de los Andes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the help of my son I cleared out\u00a0the shed yesterday, threw all the accumulated junk into the back of the Jeep and drove off to the town tip, the landfill site at P\u00edo Protto, a few kilometres outside San Mart\u00edn de los Andes.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>

Photo of Pio Protto landfill site by Patricio Rodriguez<\/p><\/div>\n

This is an exciting place for birding, albeit one without huge variety. Today I saw the usual\u00a0Carancho (Caracara\u00a0<\/em>plancus<\/i>), Eng.\u00a0Southern Caracara<\/strong>, the Chimango (Milvago chimango<\/em>), Eng.\u00a0Chimango Caracara<\/strong>,\u00a0 large numbers of gulls (which I ignored completely today) and of course the vultures.<\/p>\n

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\"Black<\/a>

Black vultures<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

We\u00a0see two kinds of vulture in San Mart\u00edn; the Jote Cabeza Negra (Coragyps\u00a0<\/em>stratus<\/i>), Eng. Black Vulture and the\u00a0<\/strong>Jote Cabeza Colorada (Cathartes aura<\/em>), Eng. Turkey Vulture<\/strong>.\u00a0We see far more black vultures generally, and today was no exception. Other birds are occasionally seen at the tip, but it’s not a place I often go.<\/p>\n

\"Not<\/a>

Not the prettiest of birds<\/p><\/div>\n

As I was short of time I decided to take pictures of the black vultures only, and below are a few of these rather ugly yet at times surprisingly graceful birds.<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/a>

Black vulture comes in to land<\/p><\/div>\n

The bird above is preparing to land – a nice view of its talons as it approaches its landing point. Below is rather a frightening vision; what is interesting is the layering of the wing feathers, clear enough here but not easily seen in a high flying bird.<\/p>\n

\"Something<\/a>

Something out of Tolkein or Wagner?<\/p><\/div>\n

The final picture shows how subtle yet how important the wing tips are to the flying of this big bird, giving it great precision in flight and landing.<\/p>\n

\"Such<\/a>

Such delicate feathering …<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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