𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ bearded vulture ✧

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus. It is vernacularly known as the Homa, a bird in Iranian mythology. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of 70 to 90 per cent bone. It lives and breeds on crags in high mountains in Iran, southern Eu...

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More ibexes, now with snow and marmots!

Photographed at a higher altitude than my previous post, in the southern side of the Gran Paradiso National Park

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Some bonus photos from my previous post. Aligned ibex horns, and funny faces 🙂

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Alpine ibex (capra ibex) and bearded vulture (gypaetus barbatus) immersed in the wonderful scenery of Gran Paradiso National Park, in the north-western Italian Alps.

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