Dec 092014
On this gray and grim afternoon, with dark clouds filling most of the sky but no rain falling, I went out in search of new wonders along Piney Woods Church Road. I found myself entranced by the bare branches of an aged, weather-beaten tulip poplar standing by itself in a pasture. I took several photographs looking up into the limbs. At one point as I stood snapping a series of photographs, a large bird, perhaps a black vulture but possibly a bald eagle, crossed my field of view. The bird, high above the poplar, turns a photograph that would otherwise be a portrait of a weathered pasture tree into a conversation between tree and bird, high above.
from the flat wings, short tail, and light feathers at the ends of the wings I would guess you’ve got a black vulture rather than a turkey vulture. Lovely photo as always.