While having my coffee this morning and strolling the yard I looked up in a tree and this guy was preening above me.
It's called a turkey vulture and we see a lot of them out here.
They weigh between 2 and 5 lb with a wingspan over 5 feet. It seems that at any given time you might see one of these soring over the Columbia River.
This one was about 40 feet up in a ponderosa pine tree in my front yard....watching me!
This guy didn't take his eye off me while I was taking pictures.
I heard what sounded like rustling leaves, when I looked up and saw the bird I realized that it was the bird rustling his feathers that was so noisy.
There are a couple of these chappies that roost (or rest) in our pines and if we are lucky they drop a nice feather or two.