The moment I spotted a ‘wingback‘ rather than pingback in today’s Sunday Word, I immediately thought of these vultures in action.
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The life of B
Moving forward carrying grief
‘Wingback’ in Action
The life of B 
Marvelous creature indeed 🙂
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I had no idea that vultures were at risk, human’s greed and arrogance is relentless.
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Two of the worst vices 😟
I’ve got another post coming out Saturday sharing a bit more.
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Trust you xxx
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😄
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The clean up crew.
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They are so good at that. Wonderful birds, just so sad how many have been poisoned in Africa and Asia.
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Poisoned? Why?
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On the African continent it is deliberate. Ivory poachers were being discovered by wardens because of the vultures circling above after a kill, so the poachers began poisoning carcasses in order to kill the vultures and thereby stop wardens finding them.
It is the main reason why Vultures are now the most threatened birds in the world. Of the 23 species of vultures in the world, over 70% are at risk of going extinct.
More details here https://www.hawk-conservancy.org/prk/
In Asia it was a side effect of a veterinary drug being used on cattle. Proved to be highly toxic to vultures. Fortunately has now been banned in Asia, but the recovery of vulture populations is going to take decades.
Worryingly though the drug is still in use in Europe, and so European Vultures remain at high risk.
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It seems to never ending . the toll of toxic .
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I know 🤢
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they are something!
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They are . . .I’ve been completely converted on Vultures. Such amazing birds, and great fun to fly.
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Teehee!
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Glad it made you laugh too 😀
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As soon as I saw it earlier, it made me smile, then you posted!
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Think ‘wingback’ is must better than ‘pingback’. Do you think it was intentional?!
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Who knows! Ask the girl – you’re not shy!!
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Was a typo 😦
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Is that all!!?🙄
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I know!!! And she’s changed it already . . . . .suggested she changes it back 😉
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😀😀😀😂😂
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Great captures, Becky. That first one is really strutting his stuff!
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Their personalities really come through in this part of the show. Some just take to the air whilst others very much strut!
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