IVAD09 – Sorry I Missed It
IVAD09 – Sorry I Missed It
Hi there!
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Don’t know what IVAD09 was? Me neither until it was too late to join in. IVAD09 stands for”International Vulture Awareness Day 2009″, which occurred on September 5th, and I must admit, my first thought was of a caricature vulture looking over somebody’s shoulder. But I read an article on eco, and I started thinking a little more seriously about how valuable vultures are to the world.
I have to say, I cannot imagine the problems we would have if all the vultures disappeared overnight, but there are sure a lot of animal carcasses that would go really bad in a big way! And imagine the America’s western moountains without the condors. Wow, what a loss that would be. So I gave up the caricature, and found this typical guy instead (I’m assuming it’s a him – I don’t really know). He is a Griffon Vulture (gyps fulvus) and his kind are found in a discontinuous band from Spain across southern Europe and more consistently in southern Asia from Turkey to Nepal with a spike up into Kazakstan. In some areas he is making a come-back, in others, he is threatened by modern practices and ignorance.
I really did put September 5th into my calendar for next year – I have a great respect for these large birds – they do a job that none of the rest of us seem to be interested in, and get shot at and poisoned for doing it!
 The Oreckel Griffon Vulture |
Thanks for lookin’ in!
Jimmy Craig
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