Bearded vulture

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Himalayan bearded vulture

***** Location: India
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation


Himalayan bearded vulture



Gypaetus barbatus aureus, a kind of Lammergeier


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kigo for spring

Himalayan Bearded Vulture chicks


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The Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture,
Gypaetus barbatus ("Bearded Vulture-Eagle"), is an Old World vulture, the only member of the genus Gypaetus. It breeds on crags in high mountains in southern Europe, Africa, India, and Tibet, laying one or two eggs in mid-winter which hatch at the beginning of spring.
The population is resident. The Lammergeier has been successfully re-introduced into the Alps, but is still one of the rarest raptors in Europe.
Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals.
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HAIKU

himalayan bearded vulture. . .
the wingspan extends
mountain to mountain

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published in Gean Tree Press - March 2010



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Related words

***** Bird Saijiki

***** Himalaya Mountains

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