[stumblingpiper]

Here is my second (alternative) challenge. Photos of any carrion bird (I'm including Vultures, Buzzards, Accipiters/Raptors (that eat Carrion), Ravens, Crows, Magpies). If I left off any Carrion eater, just post it and reference it.

My two Caveats again:
1) Must be a bird photographed in 2023/2024. From anywhere in the World.
2) Since this is a BC, the photographer should be a BC Resident.

Here we go! lol
James

[GMcD]

OK, I'll play, here's a couple Northern Harrier shots from a dawn patrol along the West Dyke path in Richmond, BC, in late December 2023:

Northern Harrier81 Dec31_2023 by GMcD2008, on Flickr

Northern Harrier35 Dec31_2023 by GMcD2008, on Flickr

[GMcD]

Ospreys at Iona Park along the North Arm of the Fraser River from summer 2023:

Osprey50 Aug30_2023 by GMcD2008, on Flickr

Osprey41 Aug30_2023 by GMcD2008, on Flickr

[phainopepla6]

Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Wedge Tailed Shearwater
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
hawaii amakihi
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]
Adam Ross, on Flickr[/img]

[stumblingpiper]

Haha. Nice pictures everyone!

[zwest]

I was in Mexico last month and saw some new things:

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture


Lots of good old Turkey Vultures around too:


And a 2-in-1: Osprey being chased by a Great-tailed Grackle: