Monday, December 7, 2015

Another Red Reindeer and Unusual Birds

I'm working on another Prairie Schooler reindeer!  I think I'm going to end up stitching four of the patterns in this chart.

I cannot ever remember seeing a Turkey Vulture in December.
And to make it even more weird, I am pretty sure the other bird is a Raven.

When you compare the size of the two birds, the 'smaller' bird is too big to be a crow.

I wish it would have come in closer. 

If one Turkey Vulture in December is unusual, what are three Turkey Vultures?

The birds were enjoying a bit of morning sunshine, warming up and drying off their feathers after several days of rain.

I know, those are faces only a mother could love!

Later on perched on the same tree - here's my Raven.

Bigger than a crow, with shaggy throat feathers and a curved tip on the upper half of the beak.  RAVEN!  A new-to-me bird. 



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9 comments:

  1. VickieDecember 7, 2015 at 6:53 AM

    The raven, he looks great. The turkey vultures, no, never. They are just so ugly.

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  2. BarbDecember 7, 2015 at 9:31 AM

    I always have trouble deciding if a bird is a crow or a raven. A ranger in the Olympic National Park said the raven is usually quite a bit bigger. What a cute reindeer!

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  3. Le trame della GalavernaDecember 7, 2015 at 10:29 AM

    Very cute

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  4. CarolDecember 7, 2015 at 10:50 AM

    Nice new PS start, Beth (wish I could say the same about those hideous turkey vultures!!)...

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  5. UnknownDecember 7, 2015 at 11:22 PM

    Please put me back on your mailing list. At least once a year your daily blog disappears.

    E mail nanella872@gmail.com

    Thanks,
    Nancy Carr

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  6. daisy gDecember 8, 2015 at 2:08 AM

    Nice reindeer! How unusual that it is mostly red.

    We have grackles here and lots of turkey vultures all year long. We are so grateful to them for "cleaning" up our roads. ;0D

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  7. Stewart MDecember 8, 2015 at 2:45 AM

    The weather and hence birds are all messed up! Huge floods where I used to live in the UK, and we are on the edge of drought!

    I though that Lord Howe did look like the NW - but only on the days it rained!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  8. ChrisDecember 8, 2015 at 3:01 AM

    Love that red reindeer! A great addition to the herd :)

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  9. ChristineDecember 8, 2015 at 3:30 AM

    I love the design with the reindeer's bum!
    Are they called turkey buzzards because they look like turkeys or is it like fish eagle and sparrowhawk?

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