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This image of a Lammergeier in flight was an interesting challenge. Luckily, I was able to shoot it from my rooms balcony as this massive bird kept swooping by as though he was giving me multiple takes. Hey was actually riding the thermals provided by the steep cliffs of Lalibela looking for carrion. This brand of vulture is unique however, in that it’s not looking for meat so much as bone. You see Lammergeier have learned to carry the bones to great heights before dropping them onto areas of exposed, flat rock, thus cracking open the bone and granting access to its delectable marrow.

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This image of a Lammergeier in flight was an interesting challenge. Luckily, I was able to shoot it from my rooms balcony as this massive bird kept swooping by as though he was giving me multiple takes. Hey was actually riding the thermals provided by the steep cliffs of Lalibela looking for carrion. This brand of vulture is unique however, in that it’s not looking for meat so much as bone. You see Lammergeier have learned to carry the bones to great heights before dropping them onto areas of exposed, flat rock, thus cracking open the bone and granting access to its delectable marrow.