Back in the end of July I read an article about at ongoing exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden. I wrote about it here: https://movingforwardslowly.com/2023/07/20/red-in-the-garden/
I could not find my vulture pictures to show what I think about when I read about vultures. Since then I found the pictures in my files. As you can see my memories of them are that they are unclean. They eat carrion and rummage through dumpsters. They flock together in one tree, and you can imagine what the white stains running down their feathers show. They do perform an important ecological function by cleaning up road kill. These are old pictures taken with an old camera from a good distance away. You do not want to get too close to them because they might vomit on you if frightened. So you can imagine the idea of glittery vulture sculptures standing among beautiful flowers makes me wonder if New York vultures are that different from Virginia vultures!? Someone or something removed the vultures from my neighborhood because I no longer see them nor have I looked for them.
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