These are a couple of turkey vultures that were watching over the farm the other morning.
And here are the pea “chicks”. They are as tall as their adoptive mother now.
I am learning the hard way how much Tom does on the farm. I normally do my share of the cleaning, cooking and chores, but he has been doing the more physical labor here. But since he hurt his knee, now I am doing nearly everything. This includes moving 50# bags of feed into the feed shed, moving 5 gallon container of drinking water, moving the 40# wood pellets bags, taking out the garbage and moving firewood. Of course he had already found, cut and split this firewood so my contribution is minimal in comparison. But I am completely exhausted. Plus I am working long shifts at the hospital. I am really hoping his knee gets better.
The next time I feel like I’ve put in a long day’s work, I will think of your post! Your efforts certainly show though – your farm is really beautiful. On a side note, I had no idea we had turkey vultures here! I see them quite often when we visit Baja but have never seen them here.
We have seen them quite a bit here. If you search vulture on my blog you should be able to find an amazing photo of them. I am glad the efforts show. Doesn’t feel like it sometimes.
I think I’ve seen some turkey vultures along the Samish river- at first I though they were eagles, but they seem to hold their wings out a ways from their bodies as they sit there. Or maybe that’s as far as they fold up? their wings are huge. Do be careful with all that heavy lifting!
They do like to hold their wings like that. Not sure why. I am trying to be careful. Hard with my breathing problems and palpitations. I have to stop often.