Keeping watch

Awesome capture!

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Many thanks, William!

Very impressive this fantastic shot

Beste wishes Ron

Impressive place can bet 10,000 years of smell as well.

No smell at all except for the lavender wafting around these hills!
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Splendid capture!

magnifique et étonnante capture

Well done Andy... ;-))

And Guano is worth money !!

It is, in some parts of the world.

The lone vulture...

Often there are up to a dozen convening on this rock (and contributing more guano!)
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Bravo pour cette image !

amazing, great catch!!

Must smell delightful ~ I guess the vulture is waiting for you to put a step wrong :~)

No smell, Nick. The guano stains of 10,000 may remain but the high winds of the Sierra dispose of the most recent smells!

Shit happens!

Ha Ha Ha, Erhard!!!
I wait ages for a comment from you (apart from HFF!) and then you come up with the pithiest, most apposite comment possible! LOL!!!!!
:o)
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Even though I rarely comment, I enjoy you r three fotos a day very much - those from the UK as well as those from Spain. Keep on going!

I commented 'tongue in cheek' as English has it, Erhard!
There are days when I am too busy and/or have got too far behind when all I can do is mark a yellow star and move on, even when I would like to add a comment!
But thank you for your support; very much appreciated!
I might have to reduce my shots to two or even one a day as I am running out of archive material and I can't get out to the country to take replacement / new shots at the moment due to a long running foot problem. I am hoping this will improve by May when I want to get some Spring shots from the mountains again!.
Best wishes,
Andy

tres interressante image andy !!

Ramon,
Buonacoppi,
KYZ,
Philippe,
Ron S,
Steve,
sasi,
Sione,
Udo,
Pam,
Denis,
Gillou,
Julien,
Berny,
Nick,
Erhard,
Dominique,
Louisa,
Very many thanks to you all!

It looks to be their favourite rock to sit on;-)

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Thank you
Gudrun,
Claudia!

That's quite a shot Andy!!!

Thank you, Rosa.
Do you remember this from another visit?
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How beautiful!*******************

A naturally painted rock. Great shot!

Eunice,
Rosa,
Nouchet,
Very many thanks!

Sami,
Robert,
Thank you both!

Bien vu ***

A remarkable panorama with a magnificent eye-catcher, Andy!

Wowww, thaty's great and majestic Andy!

Greetz, Christien.

ik herinner me deze nog uit de pano tijd
klasse

Some similar, but not this exact one. Perhaps you are thinking of this.
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or this
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I had some others even more similar to this and which were on Pano but I have't uploaded them on ipernity, ... yet!

WOWWWWWW, phenomenal capture, Andy ******** Happy Sunday to you !!!!!!

so this can be called some Kind of permanence

If ever s..t has permanence, it's here!

Uwe,
Lenke,
Bernd,
Boro,
* ઇઉ * ,
Christien,
Fred,
Marie-claire,
Judith,
Farb,
Thank you all!

Un sacré perchoir pour ces oiseaux !

An excellent capture, Andy! *********

Marije,
Jocelyne,
Adele.
Very many thanks!

Brilliant capture.

I never, ever thought I'd say this....................but this is a great shot of a sh*t covered rock and a lone vulture)! :-))

"Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!" ..............or am I getting mixed up with a Lone Ranger" ??

Just 'mixed up', Keith!
:o)
Have a good week!

That;s great Andy, have pleasant week.

Belle capture Andy ; belle semaine !

Bravo Andy
magnifique photo... comme toujours

Superbe capture !

An amazing find and wonderful capture, Andy! You live near such pretty sights!

Interessantes Foto! Muss ein besonderer Fels sein, dass sich die Vögel gerade auf diesem niederlassen.

Thanks Wilhelm.
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Well, I love the photo and I am at least one person who did not know why the granite was / is white! And in North Carolina, we have a lot of granite!

Thank you, Peggy. Have a look at this!
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Ulrrich,
Angelika,
Wierd,
John C,
Keith,
Roger,
Lucette,
Larry,
Rol,
Nacer,
Valerie,
Wilhelm,
Peggy,
Very many thanks to you all and have a great week!

just wow

Wierd,
Helena,
Mario,
Very many thanks!

John,
Thank you!

Absolutely brilliant capture , Andy!
And such a an interesting piece of information!

Next time I'll be more careful about walking on white granite boulder! ;-)
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The white is rock-solid! 10,000 years have ossified the guano, Bea! Very safe to stand on!

Thank you for sharing your beautiful picture.
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Annemarie,
Jenny,
Bernhard,
Chris,
Betty,
Pat,
Bea,
June,
Many thanks to you all!

Looks like a giant snowball.The Bass rock in the Forth is white for the same reason.

i'm not all surprised, Jean! :o)

Chris,
Schussentaler,
Jean,
Many thanks!

Un beau perchoir.

Many thanks, Martine!

Guano is the best fertilizer. Peru got rich with it From Wikipedia: The Guano Era refers to a period of stability and prosperity in Peru during the mid-19th century. It was sustained on the substantial revenues generated by the export of guano and the strong leadership of president Ramón Castilla. The starting date for the guano era is commonly considered to be 1845, the year in which Castilla started his first administration. It ended shortly after the war between Spain and Peru in 1866.

Thank you for that information, Eva!

You are welcome!!! Here it seems a bit difficult to harvest...

Indeed, hardly an economic viability!!

Just for your own garden!

I wish I had a garden!
:o(
25 years of gardening as a major hobby and now 7 years living in flats! To ask; 'Do I miss it?' is like asking; 'Is the Pope catholic?'!!!

Oh Andy, I feel with you. I took 50 years care of our garden... Now I take care of my plants on my windowsill, in a small two room apartment.

Not even that! I would appreciate some herbs and flowers in window sill containers but no such luck! I have a flat with interior light and although it's on the 3rd floor of 6, doesn't give enough light for plants with the exception of two spider plants and a few pothos.

Yes, Andy, that's a pity. But I do hope you are happy with your new home.

New for nearly three years now! And in a variety of flats without a garden before then.
but yes, it's a nice flat, thank you, Eva!

Thank you, Sonia!

guano ein guter Dünger :-)) muß ihn leider teuer kaufen ...
Gänsegeier sah ich in den Picos Europea

I can imagine it's expensive due to the difficulty in collecting it!
Griffon Vultures can be found as far north as the Ardennes and certainly in the Bavarian Alps. I don't know about further north; the Harz Mountains perhaps?

Thank you, Rashid!