<center>https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Turkey-Vultures-in-love-blog-thumbnail.jpg</center> <br/>While I don't always get the chance to enter the awesome Feathered Friends Show Me A Photo contests, I always check out the theme for the week. When I saw the theme for last week's was <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-106444/@nelinoeva/feathered-friends-show-me-a-7a984c0d3234f" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mating Birds</a> (and saw some of the amazing entries) I had to laugh, because I couldn't remember, even in all the years of bird watching, ever seeing them in action (pun most definitely included). This week's <a href="https://peakd.com/hive-106444/@nelinoeva/feathered-friends-show-me-a-photo-contest-round-15 Feathered Friends" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Wings</a> was going to be an easy one for me, but - I kid you not - while I was searching on my computer, I was interrupted by Turkey Vultures in love! &#x1f602; 

To set the scene - as I said, I was at my computer mid morning on Wednesday (April 14th) looking through my photo archives for some shots featuring wings, while hubby was sitting on our bed chatting with me. As usual, our cat and dog were also on the bed, being their usual adorable selves.   

At one point, my husband said something along the lines of, "awww look how cute he is" in reference to either Sandy or Freddie and I turned to look. And spotted a huge mass of feathers out on a rock at the edge of our yard, moving in a weird way. It took my brain a half second to realize it was a pair of turkey vultures celebrating the change of season!

I grabbed my camera & tripod and managed to get a bunch of pictures (and a short video - sorry though, it's not NSFW) both through the window as well as a few when I went outside. Since the vultures were kind enough to also show off their wings for me, they saved me from having to look for photos for my entry! 
 
 
<center><h2>Turkey Vultures in love & spreading their wings</h2></center>


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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24244" /><br/> 1. This was the very first shot I took, and I thought for sure they'd take off after seeing me at the window!
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24245" /><br/> 2. However, they didn't seem to mind...lol 
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/3.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24247" /><br/> 3. And almost as soon as it started.... 
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24248" /><br/> 4. They finished with a big flourish of wings! And yes, this is my entry photo into the contest. &#x1f60a;  
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/5.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24249" /><br/> 5. The look of love... lol
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/6.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24250" /><br/> 6. Even with such unappealing heads, they still manage to look cute!
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/7.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24251" /><br/> 7. This is how close they were to our house.
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https://youtu.be/o0ZAeAG42Lc

 This is a short, somewhat shaky video (as I said, my camera was on my tripod, but I still had my hand on the camera to turn the video on & off, so my slightly tremoring hand didn't do me any favors. I also stripped teh sound from it since they weren't making any noise & all you could hear was the sound of the space heater running under our bedroom window. 
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/8.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24252" /><br/> 8. Chillaxing on the rock. 
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/9.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24253" /><br/> 9. And look! Mrs TV is showing off her wings now!
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/10.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24254" /><br/> 10. Posing pretty. Right after this photo, I decided to sneak outside to see if I could get some that weren't through the not-so-clean bedroom window.
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/11.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24255" /><br/> 11.  I tiptoed out, walked slowly around the corner, and realized they were gone from the rock. As I turned to go back in the house, I spotted this guy perched in the tree next to the driveway! 
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/12.-1.jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24256" /><br/> 12. Looks like he wanted to show off his wings a little more before leaving!
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/13..jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24257" /><br/> 13. And there he goes! 
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/14..jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24258" /><br/> 14. Nice of him to pose his wings so much for me!
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/15..jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="692" class="size-full wp-image-24259" /><br/> 15. Of course, one second before I took this, he had his wings spread out fully again, but I missed the moment. However I thanked him for posing, and he took off to join his missus. 
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 <img src="https://www.traciyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/16..jpg" alt="Turkey Vultures in love" width="922" height="658" class="size-full wp-image-24260" /><br/> 16. Again, I missed an amazing shot as the missus rounded the house flying low and he flew off the branch towards her, and they danced in the air for a brief second before heading off beyond the trees. They are truly amazing to see, and I'm wicked happy they stopped in for a visit.

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<center><h2>I hope you enjoyed my photos of these Turkey Vultures in love & spreading their wings</h2></center>





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