Lammergeier

And here is a bit of one more favorite, "Lammergeier", about the Bonebreaker, the great bearded vulture of the wastes of Eurasia:

Archive 2006-05-01 2006

And here is a bit of one more favorite, "Lammergeier", about the Bonebreaker, the great bearded vulture of the wastes of Eurasia:

Helen's Poems 2006

In this position a Lammergeier came so close to me I could see his red eye; three times he passed me within a few feet, aware I was in difficulties, but after I threw rocks at him he made off.

"Ten Birds" Part 2 2006

In this position a Lammergeier came so close to me I could see his red eye; three times he passed me within a few feet, aware I was in difficulties, but after I threw rocks at him he made off.

Archive 2006-06-01 2006

My favorite Lammergeier image may be this one from a tapestry stitched by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen himself.

"Ten Birds" Part 2 2006

We also saw Altai snowcocks (Tetraogallus altaicus) running up the same ridge, and a Cinereous vulture ( Aegypius monachus) soon followed the Lammergeier into the sky above it.

"Ten Birds" Part 2 2006

My favorite Lammergeier image may be this one from a tapestry stitched by Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen himself.

Archive 2006-06-01 2006

Last among the birds of prey: the Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatus.

Archive 2006-06-01 2006

We also saw Altai snowcocks (Tetraogallus altaicus) running up the same ridge, and a Cinereous vulture ( Aegypius monachus) soon followed the Lammergeier into the sky above it.

Archive 2006-06-01 2006

Click here for a pic of her with a Lammergeier-- one with a tale of its own.

Archive 2006-10-01 2006