What beast this be?

IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

This guy circled me for an hour. I didn't feel like buzzard bate?
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evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Probably figured he'd let you ripen a bit before he went after you ornery Moon

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Sparrish · Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 239 Location: Phleeenix

Tis neither beast, nor bird, nor any living thing; it's the new Dept of Homeland Security Buzzard Robot-Cam. Look real close and you can see the miniature digital cameras where the eyeballs should be. These cameras feed real-time video back to the control center at Sheriff Joe's house via the tail antenna. This new weapon in the GWOT (Global War On Terra) can also bombard unruly crowds with a noxious chemical resembling buzzard dookie that is dropped out of the anatomically correct main vent on the underside of the robot. You don’t want to be anywhere in the area when that happens!
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IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

S,
Finally, something I understand!

H,
I saw this guy land on your head but slipped off (lack of traction) and nearly broke it's neck. Very Happy

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azbackpackr · Posted: 10/8/2006, 7:00 pm Post subject:

Hey look, it's old Ed Abbey! (He said he was going to come back as a buzzard.)

Hikngrl · Posted: 10/8/2006, 7:55 pm Post subject:

azhiker96 · Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1419

IGO, it's one of the side effects of aging. You find yourself with different escorts. I had 3 of those guys circling me last time I was on top of Battleship in the Supes. They hung around until I reached flat ground. I think they were betting I'd trip.
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thesuperstitions · Guest

I had the same experience a couple of months ago hiking in New Mexico. They weren't content to just circle, they actually swooped down so close I could here the WOOSH of air through their feathers. Kinda unnerving!! I was definitely checking to see if I still had a pulse! Thought maybe I'd died and hadn't realized it yet!! Shocked

IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

If their proximity is relative to my aging them Hooli can probably hitch a ride just about anyplace.
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Sparrish · Joined: 04 Jul 2004 Posts: 239 Location: Phleeenix

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Hikngrl · Posted: 10/9/2006, 5:25 am Post subject:

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

wanderingsoul · Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 2285 Location: Gilbert AZ

So what is this birds? Anyone know? Vulture of some sort? They sure seem to have sharp beak, wouldn't want to be pecked by him.... Scared

Guess as long as you keep a moving your OK IGO!
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