| 单词 | vulture |
| 例句 | The teachers descended upon me like starved vultures out of the sky. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever they circled above the City, like vultures that expect their fill of doomed men’s flesh. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When you become an animal, a vulture, in the ghetto, as I had become, you enter a world of animals and vultures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So, I have to assume he’s either vomiting in the butterfly house or passed out next to the vulture enclosure. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z One thing was clear: It wouldn’t stay on that rock long if the jackals and vultures discovered it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance three camels were strolling along side by side, and not far away a beaver and an American vulture were deep in conversation. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Really only turkey vultures could pick up the scent of a human. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Given the choice to make a decision like that, we would all act like vultures, including me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Still, sometimes, they take the body away, so coyotes and vultures won’t eat it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Wind circles my head like a vulture, and I flinch from hands burning with unnatural heat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She wondered fearfully if a great eagle or vulture had entered and had carried all away in its cruel talons, the clothing with the baby. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They reminded Matt of vultures huddling over an antelope. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a stone and threw it at the vultures. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Lord Amolf shoved himself up, a vulture rising from its prey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His words—“I have to bury what the vultures left behind”—dug a gully between them that she had not known how to bridge. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The addict steals, he hustles in other ways; he preys upon other human beings like a hawk or a vulture—as I did. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z One of his shoulders was much higher than the other, and he stooped over his trencher like a vulture over carrion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Gey took any cells he could get his hands on—he called himself “the world’s most famous vulture, feeding on human specimens almost constantly.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Twenty yards up the field, a single vulture hovered over the third spot he’d sighted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I went to Indian Health Service to get some teeth pulled so I could eat normally, not like some slobbering vulture. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z A few men, lean, wearing animal skins, look up at the gables of the king’s hall, or at the vultures circling casually beyond. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Two vultures hovered overhead and then landed on the ground, close enough that I could have grabbed them if I had jumped fast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Snape stumbled; he was wearing a long, lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat topped with a moth-eaten vulture, and he was swinging a huge crimson handbag. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Simple if you know the trick of it, remarked the vulture as she laid a falcon egg.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The magician’s eyes veiled themselves like a vulture’s, as he vanished inside his mind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The school sprawls atop Serra’s eastern cliffs like a colossal vulture, a jumble of austere buildings enclosed by a black granite wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I press the button that flattens its head, leaving the table hovering over me like a vulture. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And as they stood they saw all the Nazgûl gathered together, hovering above the Towers of the Teeth like vultures; and they knew that they were watched. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “We never have any fun, and you have to sit there like an old vulture and preach. Go croak somewhere else!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The thought that had been circling in my mind like a vulture finally settled. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Look! Another bomber!” a young man said, laughing, and pointed at a vulture flying overhead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s still cordoned off but apparently they have a hard time keeping out the usual vultures—small boys hunting for RAF souvenirs! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z His crows, his black vultures, had set fire to the homemade chicken run and the one-room cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Lying down suggests I’m dying, and attracts vultures. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She refocused her eyes and saw vultures circling above the foothills. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Now Finnegan was leaning forward in his computer chair, craning his vulture neck around the office door to see me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Gulls wheeled overhead like vultures or perched ominously on barnacle-encrusted stumps peeking out of the green water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z John likes things like king vultures and alligators. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Three vultures circled something in the distance, soaring on updrafts. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Only now she realized it must have been a vulture, not a hawk. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Curved profiles of flying vultures filled the horizon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Have a seat. You look like the zopilotes, those nasty good-for-nothing vultures, beat you up and plucked every feather off your pretty wings.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He reminded me of a vulture, his neck too long and bent at odd angles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z When I woke up this time and looked up through the leaves overhead, there were vultures. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine a flock of vultures the size of people—with dirty black plumage, gray talons, and wrinkled pink necks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lewin sat at his desk on the third floor, crouched over his typewriter like a vulture dining on carrion. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was a ruin filled with rocks and vultures. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Man's hope can paint a purple picture, can transform a soaring vulture into a noble eagle or a moaning dove. Oh, yes! But I knew," he shouted, startling me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z High overhead, aflame in the early-morning sunshine, a vulture quietly circled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a vulture would die of eating you. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched a vulture turn lazy circles in the distance, floating on updrafts, gliding. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Northwest. In the mountains. In a spire vulture’s nest.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The vulture soared up and away with a single beat of its wings. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Wrapped in a long oilcloth coat, the man was perched on one of the pilings like some enormous vulture with old scars crisscrossing his cracked lips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z "The pimples went when the breasts came," she explained while she tussled with a dog, "but I kept the vulture's beak." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I can’t stand it! My good daughters are gone, and the last one wants to feed my heart to the vultures!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With a bang like a gunshot, the cracker flew apart to reveal a large, pointed witch’s hat topped with a stuffed vulture. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But worst of all for Helene, the vultures build their nests above the clouds, atop the most unassailable peaks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I do not mean to be hostile, but with Killer Man hanging out behind me like a vulture in the wind, I’ve got to act fast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Upright, he saw what the larger group of vultures was circling: the corpse of a deer. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That night Neel slept fitfully, waking from a nightmare about a pack of vultures tearing the cub’s body to shreds. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z And if he was, the vultures would lead him to the proof. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Some things—vultures, for example—made them rub their faces and watch the sky uneasily. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents’ humiliation at this very public display must be gnawing at them like a vulture picking flesh off bone. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock and sent vultures down to eat Prometheus’s liver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Periodically the owners killed the cattle for their hides and tallow and left the meat to the vultures and coyotes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The creatures circled the train like vultures, delighting the tourists. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Once, in despair, he referred to Prometheus, chained to a rock, his liver devoured daily by a vulture. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The words circled in Penelope’s brain like vultures: Disaster . The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Then walks in front of Axel, past the old owl who isn’t calling out, past the turkey vulture eating from a steel tray, past the pair of kestrels resting in the sun. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Behind me, the black underbelly of the bridge hovered, a monstrous vulture swooping thirty feet overhead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He tried to roll the other way, but he found himself stopped by Madame Emile and Monsieur Frick, who descended on him through the crowd like vultures. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Her joys, her plot, that block of sugar maple she perched on like a vulture. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The old woman with a face like a vulture came out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes, all I saw were the Sirens—ragged vultures with human faces, ready to feed on another victim. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When it was all put together and painted, with a cardboard vulture’s head and cobra glued to the front, it looked so impressive they could hardly believe they’d made it themselves. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, the birds don V like it either Here is a drawing of how to change the wires on a transformer so eagles, owls, hawks, vultures, even blue jays don V get zapped. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z There was great silence in the arena, while everybody waited without breath, leaning forward and looking upon the combatants like a circle of vultures whose prey is not yet dead. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The vulture wheeling above the slow-moving boats was the guttural sound, “ah.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She pictured its tiny body washed by strangers, wrapped in a tawny shroud, lowered into a hole dug in a patch of windswept land under the disappointed gaze of vultures. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And vulture started with V, just like Virgil’s name. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I looked around, half expecting to see vultures perched on the lampposts. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The Tribune warned that “the hawks, buzzards, vultures, and other unclean beasts, creeping, crawling, and flying, of New York are reaching out to get control of the fair.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Moss whipped his head toward this vulture, but his mother beat him to the punch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Not since that summer,” she says, and retreats with her vulture face and vulture fingernails into the redolent dark. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Aden swung out like a turkey vulture that goes in big, looping circles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had expected it to begin pecking at him with his beak, remembering terrible stories about vultures that went for living people's eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Arthur had been taught that he ought to be modest, and he was too simple to notice that the vulture was going to pounce. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing was a great bird the size of a vulture, with the face and breasts of a woman. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Yet he couldn’t help but notice four black vultures flying high above the forest. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The tiniest crevices in the mountains at the horizon were clear and sharp to his eyes, as were the vultures wheeling over some near-dead creature many miles away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He looked like someone trying to feed a vulture broken in the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I tried to see myself from the vultures’ viewpoint. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam Pince, the librarian, was . a thin, irritable woman who looked like an underfed vulture. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Once upon a time there was a man in a robe with a face like a vulture. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I took my hands away, and there was Kunthi waiting by my side with the patience of one who knows what power she wields, patient, like a vulture. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z No little ducks and vultures and baskets, all spelling words, appeared upon a slab under the skillful chisel of an artist. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I'm trapped by her words, each one a pin tacking me in place, until a pack of black gossip post-balloons swarms me like a kettle of vultures. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A place for eagles and owls, falcons and kestrels, hawks and vultures, ospreys and buzzards, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Neville looked startled, but said, “Well...always the same hat. A tall one with a stuffed vulture on top. And a long dress...green, normally...and sometimes a fox-fur scarf.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When a crowd of fifty or more closed in like diving vultures, the soldiers stared straight ahead, as if posing for a photograph. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were panthers and leopards, wolves, tigers and antelopes; monkeys and hedgehogs, wombats, mountain goats and giraffes; and an enormous group composed entirely of kittiwakes and vultures. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Anyone smart enough to accomplish what they have should know better than to risk everything by talking to the vultures in the media.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They’d sit for hours and watch how hawks and owls and sparrows and vultures moved through the air. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Uncle Al is a buzzard, a vulture, an eater of carrion. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He shuffles into the living room, dragging his feet and slouching with his head pushed forward in a new walk that reminds me of a vulture. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Everyone is watching me, waiting for my humiliation like vultures. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They were silent for a while, watching the vultures hovering overhead; the neighbors had killed a chicken. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Spire vultures are massive birds with five-inch talons and wingspans that clear twenty feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They could roost like vultures in the trees, birds that bring the famine of grief into unprepared homes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As the hullbeast reached for my friends, as fetterlings stormed after me and brand flies circled the silver gem lights like vultures, the drums pounded harder and harder, and I stopped running. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He felt the creeping of fate, the circling of wolves, the hover of vultures. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Above, vultures circled, preparing to descend on the body as well. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In Ben’s nervousness, he mispronounced Prometheus, so what he actually said was that Zeus sent vultures down to eat porpoise’s liver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z And by cake picnic, I mean drama kids hunched over the box like vultures shoveling cake by the fistful. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Commandant would rather put a scim through you than deal with tears, and I didn’t spend one hundred eighty marks just to throw your corpse to the vultures.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As they came at us, I saw that they were as big as vultures, and their wingspan was twice their length. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z All the while, vultures begin to follow his bloody trail, preparing to feast. True Detective: season two, episode eight recap – Omega Station 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z So it goes, dizzying year in and year out, at this estimable cultural institution, which fills an important gap in the calendar for that hardy subset of city dwellers generically known as culture vultures. Summing Up the Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-31T12:30:54Z Oh the crows and the vultures above his head Were brawling already over this live carrion. Bertolt Brecht: Poet and Communist 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z It’s about watching the plant’s enormous press lines being disassembled by hired gangs of heavy-metal vultures and shipped off to flourishing factories in places like Brazil, Mexico and India, where the equipment is needed. Books of The Times: Watching a Once-Proud Piece of Detroit Disappear 2011-01-18T16:57:38Z That vulture makes numerous appearances, as the unwary or unworthy are killed off by drowning, euthanasia, suicide or misadventure. Sanctum Review: A Soggy, James Cameron-less misadventure 2011-02-03T17:35:00Z He said he was “surrounded” by abusers, with around 15 older men “leching around like vultures”. Corey Feldman on Today show backlash: 'We're petrified to even go out' 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z While he readily concedes that he is no culture vulture himself, Bloomberg sees the arts as an important driver of economic development, which guided his approach to cultural capital projects as mayor. It’s the Perelman Performing Arts Center, But Bloomberg Gave More 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Setting Riverside Pitches 10 Activities Fishing, kayaking, birdwatching Griffon vulture, alpine swift, peregrine falcon … If you’re already reaching for the binoculars, this Catalonian campsite, around 200km west of Barcelona, will not disappoint. 20 of the best campsites in Europe 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z As the ice melts, Arctic and non-Arctic nations alike are appearing, like vultures in snow shoes, determined to carve up the spoils. Jarvis Cocker: the iceman cometh 2012-06-02T19:53:37Z Was it a black vulture, coragyps atratus, known locally as a gallinazo negro? Personal Journeys : Pink Dolphins and Sunsets Along the Amazon 2014-04-11T18:08:34Z The Daily Beast reported last month that Mr. Lee, who is said to be worth around $50 million, was “surrounded by a panoply of Hollywood charlatans and mountebanks” and being “picked apart by vultures.” Is Stan Lee Being Held Prisoner by Real-Life Villains? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Such a view is harsh, however, for the vulture serves a useful ecological function in many parts of the world. What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? by Tony Juniper – review 2013-01-20T10:00:01Z If my experience is any indication, the process is going to be a challenge for culture vultures. Perspective | I wondered what it would be like to be vaccinated and back in a theater. My panic lifted as soon as the lights went down. 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The reporters who work for him — and the swelling numbers who used to — call him a vampire, a vulture, an embarrassment; some have protested outside his Hamptons home or his Midtown Manhattan office. Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news. Somehow, no one’s buying it. 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Replace that giant panther thing with a giant vulture thing. Not the Booker prize 2012: Paint This Town Red by AJ Kirby 2012-08-29T12:44:14Z We see quail, a red-tailed hawk and turkey vultures. From Loreto, 3 day-trip adventures in Baja’s high desert 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z As a photographer, I've always felt I was doing the right thing; as a man, I've often been left feeling like a vulture, guilty for doing my work. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z The perfect baby becomes a baby vulture who screeches all night; in toddlerdom, he’s a clumsy elephant. How to survive the teenage years: a parents’ guide 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z He went up; they're going down — into the dank nadir of their psyches, where "Panic's the vulture that sits on your shoulder." Sanctum Review: A Soggy, James Cameron-less misadventure 2011-02-03T17:35:00Z He says he felt, at times, like a vulture preying on people at their most vulnerable. He cleaned crime scenes, then wrote a book 2010-06-18T22:55:00Z Among the images: two dancers stripping a third as if they were vultures and inverting his naked body; one dancer harassing another who is trapped in a nest of white hair like an unkempt Rapunzel. Review: A Parade of People, Pulled by Many Forces 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Saturday-Monday, dinosaurs $3/person in addition to zoo admission; also, International Vulture Awareness Day, vulture talk, 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.; raptor flight program, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.; Weekend community events, including festivals and concerts 2011-09-02T18:14:03Z Then the vultures started swarming, asking if she wanted to sell the label. Norton Records, Still Rocking, Is Releasing a Lost Dion Album 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Jaguars, leopards, lions, bears, wolves and a turkey vulture will be among zoo animals munching turkeys 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Zoo has turkey day, Apple Cup mania, more 2011-11-16T23:09:06Z She also talks about vultures as caretakers, indispensable parts of a natural world that includes death, decay and extinction. Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Officials have made it clear it will not give in to the creditors it calls "vultures". Argentina: What the tampon rumpus says about the troubled country 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z “A lot of people approach these legacies as vultures winging around this decomposing body looking for little islands of still-pink flesh they can consume,” he recently said matter-of-factly from his West Hollywood, Calif., office. One Man’s Mission to Keep Musicians’ Legacies Alive 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z On the skiffs, entranced by my surroundings, I only vaguely tuned in when the guides provided information on the various species of birds, which included vultures, parakeets and macaws. Personal Journeys : Pink Dolphins and Sunsets Along the Amazon 2014-04-11T18:08:34Z A large watercolor by Tsherin Sherpa, of Oakland, Calif., features an angry blue giant with a vulture perched on his shoulder and flames roiling behind him. Art Review: Rubin Museum Show of Contemporary Tibetans 2010-08-19T21:54:00Z We saw — and heard — a hyena gnawing on the bones of a wildebeest with vultures biding their time, circling in the pale sky. How to plan your life-changing (but expensive) safari 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z This brings me back to turkey vultures and hawks and eagles. A Love-Hate Relationship With Birds 2010-04-29T18:30:00Z But one thing I surely developed as a young Jewish culture vulture were the tools to enjoy work by antisemites. Is It Funny for the Jews? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The Zoroastrians, an ancient Iranian religious group, “get eaten by vultures,” he said. This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires 2014-04-03T16:00:01Z The creatures shown include sunbathing bats, yellow-headed vultures and tiny monkeys. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Undercover in the Jungle’ and ‘Ghosts of Sugar Land’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z “There were turkey vultures flying over the hospital ship,” he said. What Do the Paparazzi Do When the Stars Are Quarantined? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z It’s true: a culture vulture like Drake keeps biting. Review | When he’s not playing the victim, a Drake concert is a wonder to behold 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z My mother was the culture vulture in our family, but my dad was always the political guy. Table For Three: Allison Williams and Cynthia Nixon Talk About ‘Girls’ and ‘Sex and the City’ 2014-01-17T20:33:07Z Yet "I Know Places," about feeling circled by tabloid-like "vultures," was more sinister, with the dancers bursting through half a dozen moving doorways. Taylor Swift flexes a fierce new attitude at Rock in Rio USA 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z She pieces together the lives and personalities of the deceased and throws light on what goes into the decision to allow a loved one’s body to rot in the sun and be eaten by vultures. Weekend Reading: Wildfires, Body Farms, Lucinda Williams 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z This is the season of the pool vultures — Washington’s host of sad, amenities-deprived people who will accept any invitation to sit at any pool, anywhere, anytime. The plight of the Washingtonian in July: Finding a pool. Any pool. 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z This was her ceiling, and if she wanted turkey vultures – or, as was later decided, bats – that's what she would get. Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z On a spit of sand we dubbed Buzzard Beach, 30-odd vultures sunned themselves, some with wings outstretched. Overnighter: Free Spirits in a Sonoma Hamlet 2012-06-15T18:41:47Z As the days pass, the vultures swoop in closer. ‘Calvary,’ John Michael McDonagh’s Murder Mystery 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z In another, cartoonish tarantulas and a blissed-out frog join a few more vultures to flex their muscles like a high school wrestling team. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z This time of year it attracts birders hoping to spot migrating eagles and turkey vultures. Nora Roberts Sparks Up Maryland?s Civil War Country 2010-04-29T22:12:00Z The winged creature is a turkey vulture and “Peace Eagle” is the translation of the Cherokee Indian name. Novelty Sets Cheerful Tone for Christie's Contemporary Auction 2010-07-01T17:00:00Z But pool vultures always seem to find their way in. The plight of the Washingtonian in July: Finding a pool. Any pool. 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Still, true culture vultures don't necessarily like to spend all their time in the sun — and the indoor venues had much to offer. Bumbershoot Day 2: Trey McIntyre and cool surprises 2011-09-05T03:30:31Z The unnamed narrator murders an old man with a "vulture eye". Kate Mosse's top 10 ghost stories 2010-10-27T10:24:00Z They circle like vultures as Young burrows into the song’s brooding, murder-ballad origins. Album review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 'Americana' 2012-06-04T02:27:00Z As I descended into a juniper-scented canyon, there were griffon vultures, wings extended almost nine feet, circling above the cliffs. A sip-to-sip tour of the ‘Sonoma of Spain’ 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z For more than a year, sickness and death circled over the Giusti family like vultures. From Georgetown to Copenhagen, a chef takes charge Or why it is that pigeons are so plentiful in cities and not eagles, turkeys, hummingbirds or vultures? Ever wondered why cities have so many pigeons? 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z I joined the throng, trying not to stare at Ms. Shaw, whose mouth was shaping unheard words, and stooping to examine scrawled-upon paper, hand-rolled cigarettes and, at a distance, that intimidating vulture. Theater Review: ‘The Testament of Mary,’ at the Walter Kerr Theater 2013-04-23T02:00:01Z I tried to make it sound like rather happy news—after all, vultures aren’t coming for her, or snakes—but he wasn’t having any of it. Anne Lamott: My secret little prayer 2012-11-13T00:30:00Z “I mean swallows, ospreys, woodpeckers, warblers, turkey vultures. People think, ah, turkey vultures, but I get excited to see them every year.” Birds by the Billions: A Guide to Spring’s Avian Parade 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The piece, which includes a focus on glass vultures, will be on display May 27 through Sept. 17. Up Next at the New York Botanical Garden: Vultures 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z “And this New York type of vulture didn’t fit into the world of this classic medieval Europe where this film is set.” A Disney Discovery in Forgotten Sketches 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z That line from The Return of the King seemed specially uncanny, because vultures are such a powerful and ambivalent presence in Africa. Summer readings: Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 2011-07-28T15:01:11Z He’s accustomed to being the vulture or the hyena. ‘Billions’ Season 1, Episode 8: Bobby the Profiteer 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z In the video work Raptor’s Rapture by US/Cuban duo Allora and Calzadilla a flautist plays a 35,000-year-old flute made from the bone of a Griffon Vulture to a living vulture. Animate/Inanimate: TarraWarra Museum of Art – review 2013-07-16T03:06:57Z Like the vulture that feeds on the kills, the wolf is protected. The sweet air of the Cévennes: a British writer on life in the rural heart of France 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Their four-hour, $119 It's Our Fault tour includes a desert safari in which mountain lions, rattlesnakes, vultures, roadrunners and large chuckwalla lizards are routinely spotted. Tour the San Andreas Fault 2010-08-12T16:40:00Z One online comment called the reporters "vultures" adding: "They waited for Yao to die." Chinese paper photographs dead star 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z For example, when vultures fly, their wings form a “V” shape and their bodies wobble back and forth like Weebles. You don’t need to be hawk-eyed to spot amazing birds of prey 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z That’s where the vulture I mentioned earlier perches, spreading its baleful wings. Theater Review: ‘The Testament of Mary,’ at the Walter Kerr Theater 2013-04-23T02:00:01Z Store security was called to intervene, the mob turned angry, and one of the Wu vultures allegedly taunted the other shoppers by saying they could “buy it off him outside.” Cheap chic ruined us 2012-06-13T11:45:00Z As hefty vultures waft across the void, I hear their wings flap. A wander near Ronda: Spain’s empty quarter 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Then it kills and eats a vulture, even though it doesn't have a proper mouth or digestive system or anything. After Apollo 18: five more found-footage horror stories we'd like to see 2011-08-25T22:00:01Z Rich in rhetoric, Borkman compares himself to “a great wounded eagle watching the vultures scavenge my plans.” Dark Clouds Over London Stages 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Traces proved to be lethal for vultures, which were killed in vast numbers. What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? by Tony Juniper – review 2013-01-20T10:00:01Z The only winged creature we see her with is a live vulture, which appears in a prologue to the show. Theater Review: ‘The Testament of Mary,’ at the Walter Kerr Theater 2013-04-23T02:00:01Z There, fans and industry vultures are expecting to hear more news about the recently confirmed Joker solo movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix, helmed by writer-director Todd Phillips and produced by Martin Scorsese. We don't need a prestige Joker movie, but "The Dark Knight" made one inevitable. 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Consider vultures – unattractive and seemingly disconnected from us. What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? by Tony Juniper – review 2013-01-19T10:59:00Z The persistent sound of buzzing flies hints at vultures, decaying flesh, moral corruption. 'My Joy' takes fascinating detours on a truck driver's bleak road trip 2012-01-19T20:43:04Z The ability to flip that pain into happiness in the form of shoes has been compromised by outsiders, by culture vultures who have scavenged off two generations' worth of street innovators. Sneaker Release Trauma is real. Just ask any suffering shoe collector 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Only when I stooped to read the label for one velvety red blossom — it was a cockscomb, Celosia “Dracula” — did I notice the knee-high, cast-foam black vulture that was sitting watchfully beside it. Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z That fault mattered less in “Dry Powder,” about a trio of private equity vultures. Review: In ‘Kings,’ Washington Is Where Idealism Goes to Die 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Cows grazed in a dry riverbed as vultures circled above. Three Cities on the Mexican Independence Trail 2010-08-20T17:51:00Z Downtown sightings of such wild creatures as snowy owls, peregrine falcons and vultures may generate media attention, but after perusing Howard Youth’s “Field Guide to the Natural World of Washington, D.C.,” ‘Field Guide to the Natural World of Washington, D.C.’ displays a city’s wildlife The strategy, sometimes derided as “vulture capitalism,” has gradually weakened newspapers but has been financially lucrative. ‘A lot of uncertainty’: Staffers at renowned McClatchy newspapers mull bankruptcy sale to tabloid-owning hedge fund 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Two students returned to the road to get help from the police or border guards; everyone else waited with Marisol for hours, in the sweltering heat, preventing the vultures from feeding on her. Illegal immigration as art exhibit 2013-03-06T19:46:00Z J. Edgar Hoover called Anderson “a flea-ridden dog” who was “lower than the regurgitated filth of vultures.” Books of The Times: The Supersnooper Pursuing the Paranoid Politician 2010-09-28T22:31:00Z Only the Parsis are immune, because their dead are left on the Towers of Silence to be pecked at by vultures. The Man Booker 2012 shortlist: the authors on their novels 2012-10-12T21:54:02Z The use of a yellow-headed vulture, named Pinhead, and Mary's plunge into a bath are over-the-top touches. Review: There's something (weird) about Mary 2013-04-23T02:16:03Z In the end, Sleeping Beauty’s curse was broken, but the vulture wasn’t so lucky. A Disney Discovery in Forgotten Sketches 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Here in their roost, a flock of culture vultures paraded their plumage. What 8 Culture Seekers Wore to the Public Theater 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z When a novice vendor sets up shop, veteran pickers descend like vultures. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z She stalked the circle’s edge, flapping the vulture wings she’d strapped to her arms and staring into the crowd. Witches of America: how I became immersed in a growing movement 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z We entered Mescalero Canyon, where the shadows of circling turkey vultures moved across high rock walls and the descending, melancholy song of the canyon wren echoed overhead. In Texas’s Hueco Tanks State Park, the native art really rocks A pulsating cheetah, some honking hippos and a trumpeting deer all get their turn, but nine vultures and a brigade of flies exploring the rib cage of a zebra carcass is a three-minute Hieronymus Bosch. Need More Nature? Listen to 12 Essential Field Recordings 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z I’m not suggesting that anyone watching should feel any compassion whatever for this dude, who was essentially a vulture feeding on the dreams of vulnerable people. Pick of the week: The beauty queen and the time-share tycoon 2012-07-06T00:10:00Z Some, like the vulture that took flight just blocks away as Biden wrapped a speech in Manchester, are purely metaphorical. After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z When Suneeta goes to report on the murder story, you see her brand of journalism and you see the popular mainstream male-dominated brand of journalism picking up juicy bits, like vultures. In "Writing With Fire," reporters from India's lowest caste defy the patriarchy to seek justice 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z A "haint" is a colloquial term for ghost, but perhaps the restless spirit here is the novel's shifting perspective, which moves from character to character like a vulture flitting from corpse to corpse. In 'Haints Stay,' an edgy indie publisher takes on the bloody Old West 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Birds fly behind, finches and macaws and vultures and larks, monarchs and thrushes and curlews and crows. John Luther Adams, Praying for the Earth in Music 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Her later pieces have been more ambitious in scale and production: Departures, the flying machine sold last year, was a cage held aloft by a cluster of birds that included three white-backed vultures. Polly Morgan's wings of desire 2010-07-17T23:08:00Z There are hundreds of species: egrets, gulls, vultures, falcons, red knots, hawks, albatrosses, eagles, skuas, red plovers and several species that don’t exist anywhere else in the world. Bahia Bustamante: Argentina?s Secret (and Private) Answer to the Galapagos 2011-03-04T19:59:37Z Shaw, 54, is alone onstage - except for the early presence of a real-life vulture - as she tells her version of "The Greatest Story Ever Told," one that often sharply veers from traditional Christianity. Fiona Shaw plays the Virgin Mary with 'no agenda' 2013-04-12T13:00:14Z Desert, vultures, stars, stones, water, the dove and the black eagle: these are both fact and archetype. Poem of the week: Peter Riley 2011-07-11T10:20:00Z Spur of the Moment puts on stage the jackdaw chatter, the fluffy vulnerability and the vulture behaviour of pre-teen chicks. Spur of the Moment; Pygmalion; The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist; The Magical Menagerie 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Because I don’t have any vultures around me taking money and that would make me mad.′ Jamie Foxx shares parenting lessons and stories in new book 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Peregrine falcons sometimes use high-rise buildings as their aeries; ospreys can occupy man-made platforms to raise their chicks; and committees of vultures sometimes take over dumpsters, said Ms. McDonald, a 62-year-old U.S. Life Is Hazardous for Urban Raptors. These Women Offer Hope. 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z He discussed local birds — red-tail hawks, black vultures, bald eagles — with a guest lounging at the pool. Behind the scenes at a B&B: The joys — and challenges — of being an innkeeper 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Things would occasionally break through, a starving child seemingly stalked by a vulture in Sudan during a 1993 famine, or bodies lying on the streets of Port-au-Prince after an earthquake in 2010. Perspective | Trump spoke of images he’d ‘never seen before.’ Now there are mass graves in New York. 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z "You get a more adventurous feel from a scratch pen," he says, remembering how a woman in France sent him a feather from a vulture's wing, that he sharpened into a quill – "rather splendid". Quentin Blake at 80: the illustrator's magical art 2012-12-14T22:55:10Z Children can stroll through the Extinct Animal Graveyard, which has headstones for vanished species like the dodo and the Steller’s sea cow, and encounter owls and vultures in a bird presentation. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “It was a realization that the world is full of vultures.” Searching for a Promised Land in South Africa 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z He's not a criminal mastermind, just a two-bit thug who more closely resembles a vulture. Jumbled 'Last Hijack' focuses on a wholly unsympathetic figure 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Jews never belong enough anywhere to avoid vilification as parasites, vultures, usurers and traitors. Millenniums of Tribulation 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The vulture design has been incorporated into a new submarine – upside-down, because you're trying to keep the craft under the surface rather than up in the air. TV review: Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature; Nigel Slater: Life is Sweets 2012-11-05T22:00:01Z In our studies, women often described them as ‘sharks’ or ‘vultures.’ Aggressive Salesclerks Push Shoppers to the Web 2012-01-11T19:27:44Z Because they felt like vultures, but it's true: Vultures don't kill. The art of making "vagina movies" 2010-04-29T17:55:00Z From Diapers to Throne Is there such a thing as a birth vulture? Movie Review : ‘Born to Royalty’ Looks at the Rearing of Britain’s Rulers 2013-07-18T22:37:23Z A vulture picking at road kill stared as we drove by, and little red-winged blackbirds flushed from the fields. Along the Mississippi 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z So, to spite him, Noel Fielding built a canoe made of vultures. Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy gets funnier the more it apologises for its own rubbishness 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z But only if we can rise above the "why me" and "what ifs," that swirl like vultures around the carcass of a failed relationship. Jennifer Lopez's reinvention of the breakup 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Crows and vultures looked down from their perches on the dead trees. Your stories: The Final Leap by Krazy Kesh 2012-10-10T11:00:00Z Then last Sunday, electricity was shut off while fallen trees were cleared from the road, and within minutes the house emptied out, no longer useful to the teenage power vultures. Cultural Studies: Hurricane Sandy Reveals a Life Unplugged 2012-11-09T23:13:30Z A bit later, a flock of vultures drew us to another victim of the migration. Personal Journeys : In East Africa, Safaris That Leave a Lighter Footprint 2014-01-31T18:49:41Z The poet imagines a Nigerian military commander as a vulture and compares him to the Commandant of the Nazis’ death camp at Belsen: Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z The shrieking vultures that make their nests in the craggy cliffs dip and circle into the haze. | Nicaragua 2012-11-16T14:00:37Z Trailing high in the sky, floating in lazy circles, was a group of vultures. Freshness in a Changed Climate: High Altitudes, Old Grapes 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z He got one over on the vultures and it felt like a small victory for the good guys. What did Robin Williams mean to you? 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Several turkey vultures flew off at his approach. Thor Hanson’s ‘The Triumph of Seeds’: new life, tiny package 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z But vultures still come in to tear at the wounded beast. Detroit: A city in foreclosure 2013-02-14T21:06:00Z It begins with a wretched emblem of the new, global India: vultures dying from eating the carcasses of cows drugged to increase milk production. ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ is one of the best new audiobooks of the month 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The one-of-a-kind hat, by Broadway milliner Rodney Gordon, is adorned with egret, vulture and ostrich feathers and handled by the wardrobe team with the kind of caution librarians use with ancient parchment. Shereen Ahmed dreamed of playing Eliza Doolittle, not Princess Jasmine. Her wish came true. 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The high mortality rate in the sheds and the dead hogs left outdoors awaiting removal attracted flocks of vultures. When Thousands of Hogs Are Your Neighbors 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z But like vultures, they hover above his lean lines. Beckett's Not I: how I became the ultimate motormouth 2013-05-08T18:30:01Z Following Officer Darren Wilson’s fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, and the ensuing protests in Ferguson, Mo., the media descended like vultures upon the St. Louis suburb. The St. Louis Police Academy is teaching a course to help cops “win the media” 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Flight demonstrations will include a red-shouldered hawk, sun conures, a turkey vulture, a Eurasian eagle owl and scarlet- and green-winged macaws. Spare Times for Children for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Of course, there’s vultures in every industry, probably, and it’s definitely a big problem still in the comedy industry. Mae Martin Embraces Ambiguity in ‘Feel Good,’ and in Life 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z He resembled a vulture on a perch, scanning for carrion. Music Review: Meshuggah and Baroness at Terminal 5 2012-05-24T22:31:32Z Among his recordings are the sounds of ice straining, tearing and melting in the Antarctic and of vultures picking apart a zebra carcass in Kenya. London, as You’ve Never Heard It Before 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The culmination of her intermittent but yearslong residency at the Garden and its library, the exhibition also includes work installed across several floors of the Garden’s library — but it’s the vultures that cut the deepest. Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Events are heightened and odd, and might be resolved by inexplicable turns, like an ogre transforming into a vulture. Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z As a bankruptcy maestro who preferred the term “phoenix” to “vulture,” Ross helped Trump retain ownership in his collapsing Atlantic City casino nearly 30 years ago. Don’t sleep on Wilbur Ross 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z In combination with tropical patterned wallpaper and vultures perching by the ceiling, “ … fester … ” alludes to luxury and decay, excess and constraint, beauty and ugliness, but majestically refuses to pin any of it down. Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z "Beyond whether people like the movie, I enjoyed the experience, which is a particular thing I didn't always enjoy before. My own Birdman went from being a big vulture to a little hummingbird." In 'Birdman,' Alejandro G. Inarritu takes his doubts and lets them fly 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z A stuffed vulture should stand in front of every financial institution. Thomas McGuane on Small-Town America 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z A woman is shaped from mammoth tusk, a vulture's wing bone becomes a flute. Ice age carvings: strange yet familiar 2013-02-16T08:01:02Z The fate of the Indian vulture makes it very clear that we tamper with the natural world at our peril. What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? by Tony Juniper – review 2013-01-20T10:00:01Z It all began with a shot of a vulture perched on a highway sign that read “Anarchy Road,” apparently the main highway by which Australia’s rapidly diminishing oil supply is transported. “Nostalgic for the apocalypse”: George Miller’s long, strange trip to “Mad Max: Fury Road” 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z One of the vultures flew off, dropping a flight feather, "long, dark and beautifully curved, lying there on the pavement like an open parenthesis." Thor Hanson's 'Feathers': a delightful inquiry into a lightweight miracle 2011-06-16T19:58:05Z Its triumph is to take a case that divided the nation into teams and treat everyone, vulture or victim, with curiosity and empathy. Review: ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson,’ Seen This Time in Double Vision 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Not everything's on show, however, with the cameras discretely pulling away as a Nepalese "sky-burial" undertaker chops the deceased up for the vultures. Tonight's TV highlights: The Culture Show 2011-02-10T00:04:01Z Well, until last weekend, when I caught a performance of this show’s latest incarnation, I would have recommended “Spider-Man” only to carrion-feasting theater vultures. | 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark': 1 Radioactive Bite, 8 Legs and 183 Previews 2011-06-15T02:30:06Z In one tableau, two naked cave women and an anthropomorphically officious vulture hunch over the edge of their pedestal as if contemplating the inevitability of death as exemplified by some unseen carcass. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z "Well, I knew it was bad. But to just constantly be picked at by these vultures, just picking away at her spirit," Ragland said of Meghan's media attention. "Harry & Meghan": The 11 biggest bombshells from the final part of Netflix's tell-all docuseries 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z This is why I often use animals that everyone hates — a snake, a vulture, a bat — in my books. The Child in Tomi Ungerer, Evident in His Books, Remains Undimmed 2011-06-28T12:00:00Z It reminded me of the fact that people dislike vultures, meaning the actual bird, even though a vulture is performing a very useful service and isn't killing anything. The art of making "vagina movies" 2010-04-29T17:55:00Z “I see vultures as cleaners of land,” she said in an interview. Up Next at the New York Botanical Garden: Vultures 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Without question, it’s distressing to see vultures circling overhead — or over our steak frites. My Husband, the Hunter 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Q: How do you exercise your power as the culture vulture? Cynthia Nixon turns villain in Follett's "World Without End" 2012-10-16T18:22:57Z For example, the body of a Cape vulture – too big for its wingspan, in theory – gives them the ability to manoeuvre inside and between thermals, allowing them to travel up to 100 miles a flight. TV review: Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature; Nigel Slater: Life is Sweets 2012-11-05T22:00:01Z His most implacable enemies now are flies, the vultures of the insect kingdom, swarming around him but hardly earning his attention. REVIEW: The Rover Goes Weirdly Western Down Under 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z “Blue Danube” features swans, a vulture, TNT, and a harp. Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Lana is management now, having assumed leadership of The Agency after the downfall of the corporate vulture who took it over during the 12th and 13th seasons. In its final mission "Archer" takes a hard look at whether this agent deserves to be called super 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Whether standing alone or in bustling groups of up to 30, as though engaged in contentious debate, the vultures seem to inhabit spaces you wouldn’t have noticed. Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z We climb up through tropical rainforest to a lookout where we gaze, with the vultures, upon its beauty. Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z One of Mr. Mason’s staff members released the vulture — Bob, he’s called — and he began his approach. Heads Up: Gliding in Nepal With a Feathered Guide 2011-11-04T18:39:38Z Early in the story, a stuffed vulture turns up in a flower bed outside the Savings & Loan. Thomas McGuane on Small-Town America 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Imagine paying thoughtful homage only to find that those you’ve long admired from a distance are hovering like vultures hellbent on protecting their shrinking spit of land. Olivia Rodrigo’s Punky Heartbreak Revue 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The performing arts depend on people like Minieka — culture vultures, often retired, who fill the seats at many a show. He Went to 105 Shows in One Season. Now He Watches TV. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z On the whole, “1989” is peppered with intriguing images: paper airplanes, wine stains, dead flowers, hospital stitches, vultures, foxes, Swift’s own signature red lips. Taylor Swift’s “Welcome to New York” is the worst ode to NYC ever 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The lineup is still being finalized, but at least for one night, culture vultures needn’t flip to their PBS station at 2:30 a.m. with their fingers crossed. Movie Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Some tried their own low-profile searches, even going to spots where they saw vultures circling above, but most kept quiet and others simply fled the area when they were threatened. Spurred by mass abduction, Mexicans scour for remains of their dead 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Lawley recalled one suggestion that before a scene he imagine that a vulture was perched on his shoulder, offering advice. Acting Coaches and Rehearsals: YouTube Stars Are Getting Movie-World Lessons 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z At a nearby beach he painted an image of a child holding a telescope with a vulture perched on top of it. Banksy's Newest Works Make a Point About Immigration 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z And the future roadkill of the forest aren't taking this deforestation lying down. leader, with ferrets, vultures, squirrels and skunks ready to pitch in. 'Furry Vengeance': Developer faces off with a wild bunch 2010-04-29T20:10:00Z If you think Indian curries taste like something that could knock a vulture off a meat wagon, you do not like Indian food. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: You can’t make me eat these foods 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Since then, the driver says, “every smart aleck who thinks he can tell a joke has been circling Burbank like a vulture.” Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z But most of all, there are the vultures. Why The Third Man is an essential primer for no-deal Brexit 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Cathy shoots vultures, the old retainer Joseph grills frogs on a brazier, farm hands butcher a squeaking pig and Edgar Linton amuses himself by smothering butterflies and impaling them on pins. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z In the packed public seating area, a mother of one of the Srebrenica victims whispered "vulture" several times as prosecutors opened their case. Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial 2012-05-16T10:27:00Z During the last few years, more than 130,000 convention attendees — lifelong fans, collectors, artists and culture vultures — swarmed the city for the event. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z They would, if they could, cut services back to the bone and then outsource everything to private sector vultures. Letters: How to fight back against austerity cuts 2010-12-21T00:05:02Z Then she issued a warning, seemingly to herself: “Don’t be truth in front of the vultures/Don’t be truth in Carnegie Hall.” An Afrofuturism Festival Brings an Energy Shift to Carnegie Hall 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z “They knew one day we’d be picking over their bones, like the vultures in the dioramas,” he said during a recent tour of the New York museum’s galleries. Antiques: Knives of William Scagel, Storied Blacksmith, for Sale 2012-03-01T23:48:40Z As our reviewer, Rick Moody, wrote, Johnson draws on his “singular skill” for revelation to “brighten the interiors of tragedy and help us wave off the vultures hovering above.” New in Paperback: ‘The Power,’ ‘Fire and Fury’ 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z But for me, the most moving object in the show is one of the least obviously beautiful: a long, thin flute made from the wing-bone of a griffon vulture. The ice-age flute that can play The Star-Spangled Banner 2013-02-15T14:29:50Z The movie, which Nguyen wrote, directed and financed, describes a bloody surprise attack by lethal flocks of eagles and vultures. Horror film Birdemic earns cult status for bad acting and worse special effects 2010-04-07T15:14:00Z Just as I was leaving, a turkey vulture soared low over the summit, very near. On a Maine Island, Steep Bluffs and Solitude 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Such customs might barely register overseas if they were rare and the population of Andean vultures was abundant. Fight of the condor: Peru bull fiestas threaten future of rare Andean bird 2013-01-29T14:54:28Z As the sun rose over the Kanuku Mountains, we passed sinewy cattle, plump black vultures and giant Jabiru storks hunched like skinny old men. 2010-02-06T04:52:00Z When Samantha appeared on a British talk show, “Good Morning Britain,” earlier this week to defend her father against “media vultures,” host Piers Morgan threw it all back at her. The British tabloids made peace with Meghan Markle. So now they’re going after her family. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z And some of the biggest potential winners aren’t exactly birds that people like: Species such as the turkey vulture, the American crow and the mourning dove will expand their ranges tremendously. Global warming will mean trouble for birds A high-profile newsroom revolt took place in 2018, when staffers at the Denver Post took over a section of the paper to protest Alden as a “vulture” from which the paper needed to be saved. The battle for Tribune: Inside the campaign to find new owners for a legendary group of newspapers 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z He details the savagery of raiders “like vultures swooping to devour the prey.” Entranced by Donatello 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z It’s odd because I’ve been looking at a few of the reviews for this book, and I see words like “lashing out” and “vulture” and “aggressive snootiness” and other things of that kind. Cynthia Ozick, with her new collection 'Critics, Monsters, Fanatics,' on her writing life 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Or something.The sorts of people that comment on an article like this are likely to be comedy scenesters or culture vultures. Susan Calman finds that Scottish independence is no joke 2013-05-07T13:52:23Z “I will teach you first to be a rat, then a snake, then a vulture and then, with blood dripping from your beak, I will teach you how to be a gentleman,” Jaggers says. Steven Knight’s ‘Great Expectations’ is a Dark Dream World 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z An early clip of the film shows the “cultured vulture” in a comic-relief role, trying to disguise himself as less-threatening animals to spy on Princess Aurora. A Disney Discovery in Forgotten Sketches 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z As they encircle him like vultures, the visitors flee. Review: ‘Embrace of the Serpent,’ Where Majesty Meets Monstrosity 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z During her initial defamation trial last year, Wilson said “vulture” journalists from Bauer ripped her to shreds and ruined her years of hard work to make it in Hollywood. Rebel Wilson to take defamation appeal to Australia's high court 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Kenya, the female vulture, hopped onto a tree stump in the middle of their outdoor enclosure at the Maryland Zoo. Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z "They circle like vultures, they don't care about people's pain, they want to hurt us, for there to have been lots of deaths," he said in a video uploaded to social media. Hurricane Otis: Mexico troops tackle looting in devastated Acapulco 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z "They circle like vultures, they don't care about people's pain, they want to hurt us, for there to have been lots of deaths," he said. Mexico hurricane death toll hits 39; president slams critics 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Sixteen days remain until England play their final game, all while the vultures circle over a once-great team. 'A mess from the start - now England's World Cup is over' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The shots initially were tested on black vultures to make sure they could be safely injected into condors in managed care beginning in July. New vaccine expected to give endangered California condors protection against deadly bird flu 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Lappet-faced vultures, native to Africa and named for the flaps of skin, or lappets, that dangle from either side of their head, are among the world’s most endangered birds. Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The birds, part of the vulture species and similar in shape, have a particular affinity for shiny things such as wrappers, coins and metal objects, including keys, park officials explained. Grand Canyon National Park warns: ‘Love locks’ on fences hurt endangered condor 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z They also recognized acorn woodpeckers, a California towhee, dozens of turkey vultures circling overhead, a dark-eyed junco, a mockingbird, an Anna’s hummingbird and a black phoebe. How L.A.’s bird population is shaped by historic redlining and racist loan practices 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Video provided by the institute showed vultures picking at the dolphin carcasses beached on the lakeside. More than 100 dolphins found dead in Brazilian Amazon as water temperatures soar 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z He said his bosses were "scared" of Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, the "woke mob" and "careerist... vultures" within GB News. Calvin Robinson suspended as GB News presenter 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z A further seven vultures will be released in a week’s time. Spanish griffon vultures are released into the wild in Cyprus to replenish the dwindling population 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Smoke from the fireworks settles underneath the roof trusses and hovers like a circling vulture for the rest of the game. Mariners’ rally falls short, Rangers complete sweep to strengthen lead in AL West 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Well, 95% of what you see, read or hear is owned by six media companies, and there are vast media deserts across the country, where vulture capitalists have swooped in and bought several hundred newspapers. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Age and tiredness sometimes sets in and it’s not unknown for some of the animals to die along the way, their carcasses being left for the vultures that can regularly be seen hovering above. AP PHOTOS: A shepherd keeps up the ancient rite of guiding sheep across northern Spain 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z A judge described Logue as a "vulture" who had behaved in a "despicable manner". Noah Donohoe: Man who 'hounded' schoolboy's mother sentenced 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z They were gifted to Cyprus by the autonomous community of Extremadura in Spain which hosts 90-95% of all vultures in Europe. Spanish griffon vultures are released into the wild in Cyprus to replenish the dwindling population 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Argentina's president labeled Singer and his fellow investors "vultures" attempting extortion; Singer complained the country was scapegoating him. Samuel Alito took luxury fishing vacation with GOP billionaire who later had cases before the court 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Have no doubt about this, though: the vultures are waiting to pounce, chief among them the Big 12. Why the Pac-12’s future is riding on its long-awaited media-rights deal 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z A Georgia woman used an umbrella to scare a vulture out of her home after the scavenging bird entered through an open dog door. Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z "This is unfortunately something which we see a lot of these days, vultures landing on people's grief," he said. Noah Donohoe: Man who 'hounded' schoolboy's mother sentenced 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Griffon vultures are a resident species in Cyprus but their population has dwindled to dangerously low numbers. Spanish griffon vultures are released into the wild in Cyprus to replenish the dwindling population 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Prime also makes it simple to add subscriptions to other streaming services, which makes it a one-stop shop for culture vultures. The Ultimate Streaming Power Rankings 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Vucic initially denounced protesters as “scum” and “vultures,” and his media machine ramped up vicious attacks on his opponents. In Serbia, a Strongman Under Fire Hails Himself as Defender of the Nation 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z When they returned just 15 minutes later, Mr. Totri noticed an intruder by the back door: a vulture. Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system. US Senate aims for quick passage of debt ceiling bill to avoid default 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The local population has not been naturally replenished because the vultures, like other large bird species, avoid traveling long distances over water, Kasinis said. Spanish griffon vultures are released into the wild in Cyprus to replenish the dwindling population 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system. Kyiv raid kills three shut from shelter, Russian town shelled 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system. Zimbabwe's 'Patriotic Bill' outlaws criticism of government before election 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The pair initially feared that the vulture was eating a deceased Georgia, but those worries were assuaged when the dog, woken up by their return and reaction to the bird, ambled out onto their porch. Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system. Canada's slowing home building is bad news for buyers and Trudeau 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Some 15 Spanish vultures were released in Cyprus a year ago, of which 11 have managed to survive. Spanish griffon vultures are released into the wild in Cyprus to replenish the dwindling population 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system. Analysis: US debt-ceiling deal dooms Biden's revolutionary tax plans 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system. Digital doubles, fake trailers: AI worries Hollywood actors before labor talks 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z After Mr. Totri emerged from the house himself and showed Ms. Rougeux a video of the vulture, she decided to take action to evict the bird. Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system. Italian senator reads AI-generated speech in parliament 'to stir debate' 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Kasinis said the poisonings didn’t target vultures but were traps laid primarily by livestock farmers who want to ward off other predators like foxes. Spanish griffon vultures are released into the wild in Cyprus to replenish the dwindling population 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Lion and leopard populations in Zambia's Kafue National Park are showing signs of a modest comeback following decades of poaching, helped by expanded protection strategies, including an innovative vulture early-warning system. Russian defence ministry says it thwarted three attacks on Belgorod region - agencies 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z But the carcasses also attract the critically endangered white-backed vultures, whose population has declined by more than 90% across West Africa in the past 40 years, largely due to poisoning. Exclusive: Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z “Once I saw the vulture on the couch, I just took off running to try to do something. I needed to be bigger than the bird to scare it away,” Ms. Rougeux told Fox Weather. Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “Seems all the vultures are here,” one soldier messaged me as throngs of journalists showed up when the city seemed on the brink of falling in March. Why Bakhmut? It’s a Question as Old as War. 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z A further 15 griffon vultures will be brought over from Spain and released to the wild next year. Spanish griffon vultures are released into the wild in Cyprus to replenish the dwindling population 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z This object is about 18 lightyears away, located in Lyra, the minor constellation often depicted as a vulture carrying a lute. For the first time, astronomers see an aurora in another star system 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z "African white-backed vultures will come in really large numbers," said Corinne Kendall, curator of conservation and research at North Carolina Zoo which is leading the program. Exclusive: Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The vulture did not have enough smell while outside to tell that the stuffed bear was an object, and apparently viewed it only as an inert animal shape within its range. Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z If the overall population continues to grow, the vulture that scientists know as Gymnogyps californianus may be eligible for down-listing from endangered to threatened within a few decades, researchers say. California condors barely escaped extinction decades ago. Avian flu could change that 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z "We would like to see the Asian king vulture soar once again through the skies of Thailand," he said. Thai zoo breeds endangered vultures hoping to see them soar again 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z And she’s the only one who can truthfully answer that — not the hovering political vultures. Column: Feinstein needs to ask herself some questions 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z "You could have up to 100 vultures and they're all going to die. It's had a huge impact on vultures and it's led to these rapid declines. And it's also a big problem for carnivores." Exclusive: Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z She grabbed an umbrella, opening and closing it multiple times in order to spook the vulture. Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z And those eyes are incredibly varied: just look at some of the varied and bizarre eyes on animals like sea urchins, vultures or dragonflies. Mother Nature can't stop evolving eyes 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z As a scavenger, the red-headed vulture used to play a crucial role in the ecosystem by consuming animal carcasses. Thai zoo breeds endangered vultures hoping to see them soar again 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z None of these three candidates are among the vultures trying to peck away at Feinstein. Column: Feinstein needs to ask herself some questions 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Since 2021, the zoo team has tagged 19 vultures in Zambia, draping tiny backpacks containing the satellite tags over their wings to get a bird's eye view of the situation. Exclusive: Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The vulture was successfully scared, but it began to fly around the house erratically, ramming into closed windows in an attempt to escape. Georgia woman uses umbrella to fight off vulture that snuck into house through dog door 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “People are eating this up like vultures,” said former employee Yari Blanco, 36, as she hunted for a souvenir from the carefully curated bookshelf. It's like the 'Hunger Games': Schadenfreude and spectacle at Wing's L.A. estate sale 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z After nearly two decades of trying to increase the red-headed vulture population, the zoo is starting to see results, with another egg being incubated by its parents in conservation. Thai zoo breeds endangered vultures hoping to see them soar again 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z A hooded vulture named Oliver, who had been lurking on zoo grounds, was eventually lured back into his home with some treats. Lucas Museum in Los Angeles Slated to Open in 2025 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z One of the more innovative approaches is tagging white-backed and hooded vultures with satellite trackers to quickly alert wildlife managers of poached or poisoned carcasses. Exclusive: Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The team has been working since Tuesday to entice the vulture with dead rats and the crows with mealworms to trap them and bring them back to safety, she said. Endangered hooded vulture escapes from Bay Area zoo 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z But three others, including two pied crows and an endangered African black hooded vulture named Oliver, remained outstanding. A storm-toppled tree freed him. Now Oliver, a rare vulture, is on the lam at Oakland Zoo 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Now there's speculation about which vulture in the venture capitalist world is going to take advantage to buy the bank at cut rate prices. The problem with Silicon Valley isn’t "wokeness" — it's libertarianism 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Telling deputies that they had killed a vulture, they opened the trunk, where instead a dead bald eagle had been stored along with an air rifle and BB pistol. Nebraska cops arrest Hondurans for killing bald eagle with intention to eat it 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z They told the deputies that they had shot a vulture, Sheriff Unger said. Two Men Hunted and Killed a Bald Eagle in Nebraska, Sheriff Says 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Supreme Court and lifelong culture vulture, was a Barbra Streisand fan. An award in RBG’s name will go to a star she loved: Barbra Streisand 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z As of Thursday evening, the vulture had not eaten since he first flew the coop. A storm-toppled tree freed him. Now Oliver, a rare vulture, is on the lam at Oakland Zoo 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Predators and traffickers, like vultures, hover just out of view. Opinion | Congress must act to keep kids off social media 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Unlike the vulture, the bald eagle is a federally protected species. Nebraska cops arrest Hondurans for killing bald eagle with intention to eat it 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “Well, can we see that vulture?” one of the deputies asked the men, according to the sheriff. Two Men Hunted and Killed a Bald Eagle in Nebraska, Sheriff Says 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Black vultures, which inhabit the southern United States and previously avoided infections, are now among the species suffering, said David Stallknecht, director of the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the University of Georgia. Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop "war" on poultry 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Penguins, pelicans, vultures and various gulls have all been susceptible. Why everyone is suddenly freaking out about bird flu 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Shari ultimately succeeded in fending off the vultures, and Sumner died in 2020 at age 97, with Shari tearful and singing “My Way” at his burial. Review | A business book that makes tales of Hollywood debauchery look tame 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Police said have said they are still investigating, but Irvin has not been linked to the suspicious death of an endangered vulture at the zoo in January. Texas man jailed in Dallas monkey case says he’d do it again 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z He also said that it was possible that the translation app they had used incorrectly stated “vulture” in their communication with deputies. Two Men Hunted and Killed a Bald Eagle in Nebraska, Sheriff Says 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z About a week later, zoo staffers found one of their endangered vultures dead in its enclosure. Man arrested in case of missing Dallas Zoo monkeys, police say 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Lowman said police were still investigating whether there’s any connection to the suspicious death of an endangered vulture at the zoo. Man accused of stealing monkeys charged in other incidents at zoo 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Police continue to investigate multiple cases of suspicious activity at the zoo, including the death of a 35-year-old vulture in its enclosure. Dallas police arrest man in the case of the missing monkeys 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z There have been several unusual events at the zoo over the past few weeks, including other enclosure fences that were cut, the escape of a small leopard and the suspicious death of an endangered vulture. Police: Man arrested in taking of monkeys from Dallas Zoo 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Eight days later, the staff at the zoo found the dead body of an endangered lappet-faced vulture. Police Charge Man in Theft of Rare Monkeys From Dallas Zoo 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z But officers returned to the zoo on Jan. 21 after one of the endangered vultures in its “Wilds of Africa” habitat was found dead. Man arrested in case of missing Dallas Zoo monkeys, police say 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The missing monkeys were the latest in a string of unusual events at the zoo over the past few weeks, including other enclosure fences that were cut and the death of the vulture. Man accused of stealing monkeys charged in other incidents at zoo 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z On Jan. 21, workers arriving at the zoo found an endangered lappet-faced vulture named Pin dead. Back at Dallas Zoo, found monkeys get fed, snuggle up 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z It was the latest in a string of odd events at the zoo, including other cut fences, the escape of a small leopard and the suspicious death of an endangered vulture. Monkeys taken from Dallas Zoo found but mystery deepens 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z On Jan. 21, an endangered lappet-faced vulture named Pin was found dead by arriving workers. A real zoodunit: Missing monkeys deepen mystery in Dallas 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z He has not been linked to the vulture’s death, Lowman said. Man arrested in case of missing Dallas Zoo monkeys, police say 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Gregg Hudson, the zoo’s president and CEO, called the death “very suspicious” and said the vulture had “a wound,” but he declined to give further details. Man accused of stealing monkeys charged in other incidents at zoo 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Two monkeys have allegedly been taken from Dallas Zoo - adding to a series of suspicious events including the release of a leopard and a vulture's death. Monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo in fourth suspicious incident 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Then on Jan. 22, an endangered vulture died in “unusual” circumstances that seemed unnatural, a matter that is being investigated as suspicious, said Kristin Lowman, a police spokeswoman. 2 Monkeys Are Apparently Taken in Latest Bizarre Incident at Dallas Zoo 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Gregg Hudson, the zoo’s president and CEO, called the death “very suspicious” and said the vulture had “a wound,” but declined to give further details. A real zoodunit: Missing monkeys deepen mystery in Dallas 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z On Jan. 21, an endangered vulture named Pin was found dead, and the zoo said the death did not appear to be natural. Monkeys taken from Dallas Zoo in latest suspicious incident 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Now, an endangered vulture has died at the zoo under what officials described as “unusual” circumstances. Police Investigate ‘Suspicious’ Death of a Vulture at Dallas Zoo 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Last week, an endangered vulture was found dead in its enclosure with an "unusual wound". Monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo in fourth suspicious incident 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Equally thrilling for the peepers is watching the king of the moon atop a three-headed vulture and throwing a giant asparagus stalk at the baron as he runs on the lunar surface. ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’ 4K Ultra HD movie review 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Hudson said in a news conference following Pin’s death that the vulture enclosure didn’t appear to be tampered with. A real zoodunit: Missing monkeys deepen mystery in Dallas 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Zoo President and CEO Gregg Hudson said the vulture had “a wound.” Monkeys taken from Dallas Zoo in latest suspicious incident 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z The zoo said in a statement on Saturday that it had alerted the Dallas Police Department of the death of the vulture, which they discovered over the weekend in the zoo’s “Wilds of Africa” habitat. Police Investigate ‘Suspicious’ Death of a Vulture at Dallas Zoo 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Storks and turkey vultures urinate on their legs to keep cool, for example, and kangaroos lick their veiny forearms to keep them moist. Echidnas blow snot bubbles to cool down 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z “My guess is there are vultures out there considering or who have been considering swooping in and basically taking control of the company through its debt, through its payables and other debt,” Cohen said. For Bed Bath & Beyond, bankruptcy may be the only option 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The vulture was “a beloved member of the bird department,” according to Harrison Edell, the zoo’s executive vice president for animal care and conservation. A real zoodunit: Missing monkeys deepen mystery in Dallas 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Other Latin American nations, most notably Argentina, have fought prolonged court and political battles for years to settle with so-called vulture funds. Cuba says vulture fund seeking 72 mln euros never a creditor as UK court begins proceedings 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The zoo did not provide additional details about the vulture’s death. Police Investigate ‘Suspicious’ Death of a Vulture at Dallas Zoo 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Like vultures circling, would-be successors have spent years eyeing the seat of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, convinced she will bow to time and good sense and opt against seeking a sixth full term in November 2024. Column: Katie Porter's announcement brings Senate race into the open, where it belongs 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z He said "vultures" began to "circle" the town including "insidious" far-right activists "whipping up tensions". Eleanor Williams: Barrow MP says lies put town through ringer 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Pin, one of four lappet-faced vultures at the zoo, was said to have sired 11 offspring, and his first grandchild hatched in early 2020. A real zoodunit: Missing monkeys deepen mystery in Dallas 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Such firms, described as "vulture funds" by the Cuban Central Bank, typically purchase distressed or defaulted debt then sue in international courts to get paid in full. Cuba says vulture fund seeking 72 mln euros never a creditor as UK court begins proceedings 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The cause of the vulture’s death was unclear and a necropsy will be performed, a spokeswoman for the Dallas Police Department said on Sunday, adding that the death was “being investigated as suspicious.” Police Investigate ‘Suspicious’ Death of a Vulture at Dallas Zoo 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z A prop vulture he’d commandeered from set sat perched out in the lobby. A.I. is here, and it's making movies. Is Hollywood ready? 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z And 30% of young adults reported the presence of “Venmo vultures” — close friends or family members who regularly send them small payment requests. Inflation drives spike in bill-splitting on direct payment apps: study 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Even though wild birds can often carry avian influenza without developing symptoms, the virus has killed a large number of eagles, vultures, ducks and other wild birds. Latest Iowa bird flu cases push December total near 700,000 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Different species of hawks, falcons, kites, vultures and eagles stream over the mountains or near the ocean during the August-November period to escape the onset of the boreal winter. In Mexico, birdwatching offers fragile lifeline for nature, economy 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The vulture’s death came a little more than a week after a clouded leopard named Nova went missing for several hours on Jan. 13. Police Investigate ‘Suspicious’ Death of a Vulture at Dallas Zoo 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z While most detections occur in ducks and geese, the virus has also been found in other bird species, including raptors, such as eagles and vultures, and other waterfowl, such as swans and pelicans. Bird flu has made a comeback, driving up prices for holiday turkeys 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z At first it felt scary to leave his caregivers, but Mackay gradually regained independence and delighted in “seeing the first daffodil of the season bloom, turkey vultures coming back in the summer.” WA man rides more than 184 miles in 24 hours in wheelchair to set record 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z She said male crew members on submarines were “like vultures whenever a new female would come in.” Royal Navy investigating claims women harassed on submarines 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Consolidation, vulture capitalists, incompetent management and government interference — all of which began under Ronald Reagan and dominate the media industry today — are to blame. We could face the sunset of democracy — or the end of the world: Get off your butt and vote 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z And though government officials are primarily concerned about poultry farms, the epidemic has struck wild birds, too — from waterfowl to raptors and vultures. Bird flu spreads to Southern California, infecting chickens, wild birds and other animals 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Bird species such as barnacle geese, griffon vultures, great white egrets and Dalmatian pelicans are also recovering well. Wildlife species thriving in Europe - report 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Each time area residents saw vultures flying, Ms. Allen would get a call and she would investigate, only to return empty-handed. A Girl Survived a Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan. Then She Vanished in Texas. 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z But in reality, vultures are nature’s flying sanitation crew. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Depending on when you go, you can expect to see bald eagles, northern harriers, black vultures or American kestrels. Eight great places to see the Mid-Atlantic’s migrating birds 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z There were too many dead vultures on the ground. Bird flu spreads to Southern California, infecting chickens, wild birds and other animals 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Fighting for survival as vultures circle, the Pac-12 received a lifeline last week from an unlikely source: the SEC. Why the Pac-12 should follow the CFP’s lead and expand 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But elsewhere on the internet, the vultures were circling. The Safe Space That Became a Viral Nightmare 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z This estimate assumes that carcasses not eaten by vultures are left to decay. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Black vultures have a massive 5 foot wing span, slighting smaller than the turkey vulture. Environmentalists blast New Jersey environmental bureau's decision to let dead vultures rot 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The helicopters were circling like a kettle of vultures over the airport, whirring against an overcast sky already black with smoke from missile strikes. Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital Black vultures, which pick up H5N1 when they scavenge carcasses, are still dying by the hundreds, says Rebecca Poulson, a wildlife disease researcher with the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the University of Georgia. ‘We’re nervous.’ Deadly bird flu may be in North America to stay 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z “I went through something similar a few years ago for a class I teach on white supremacy. It all goes away after the vultures move on to the next person.” The Safe Space That Became a Viral Nightmare 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z But many carcasses are composted or buried by humans, which result in more emissions than natural decay, so vulture consumption can avert even more emissions when replacing those methods. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z It seems our black vultures may be that proverbial canary in the coal mine. Environmentalists blast New Jersey environmental bureau's decision to let dead vultures rot 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Officials said they were told Saturday that initial tests indicate the black vultures that roost at Noah’s Ark died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. Bird flu kills 700 black vultures, closes animal sanctuary 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Other threats, such as the illegal wildlife trade, agriculture, the growth of urban areas and pollution are also stunting bird populations like African fish eagles and vultures, he said. African migratory birds threatened by hot, dry weather 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z How can they use what they have to get help, while avoiding the circling vultures and whipping winds? Review: Two women alone on a platform 2,000 feet in the air? 'Fall' somehow makes it work 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Three species found only in the Americas—the Black, Turkey and Yellow-headed vultures—are responsible for 96 percent of all vulture-related emissions mitigation worldwide, Plaza and his colleagues found. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z "We are at the contained stage. But our State Agency partners are and will lead clean up and sanitization. They will lead full vulture removal and roost removal and sanitation." Environmentalists blast New Jersey environmental bureau's decision to let dead vultures rot 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z State authorities were notified when an unusual number of dead vultures were found Aug. 13, according to a statement released to news outlets. Bird flu kills 700 black vultures, closes animal sanctuary 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z In the distance lies one of his donkeys, its carcass eyed by vultures. 'We need rain': Mexican farmers ravaged by northern drought 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Spanish police on Wednesday rescued a disoriented and dehydrated wild vulture as it wandered the streets of downtown Madrid, holding up traffic and startling passers by. Analysis: Global rice supplies at risk as harsh weather hits top exporters 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Collectively, vultures in the Americas keep about 12 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent out of the atmosphere annually. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z In the north of the country, a wildfire continued to ravage a pristine forest near Dadia, a natural habitat for black vultures, burning for a fourth day as authorities struggled to contain its destruction. Wildfires burn coastal homes, forests in Greece as Europe's heatwave spreads east 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z The biggest fire Saturday was burning in northeastern Greece near the border with Τurkey for the third day running, inside a national forest that is the home to rare species, especially vultures. Greece battles 4 major wildfires; hotels, homes evacuated 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Yet these striking creatures, as well as vultures, ibises, and others with distinctive physical traits, are likely to be the first to go extinct, homogenizing the avian world, according to one study. The most distinctive birds are the ones most at risk of extinction 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The new paper, for example, found that vultures are disproportionately imperiled despite their distinctive ecological role. The Most Fascinating Birds Will Be the First to Go Extinct 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z “The decline in vulture populations in many regions of the world, such as Africa and Asia, has produced a concomitant loss of the ecosystem services vultures produce,” Plaza says. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Examples of protected species include northern cardinals, the red-tailed hawk, and the American black vulture. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Nearby, another mural by Matarrita, this time painted on a security screen, celebrates an unpopular bird: the black vulture. A walking tour of Manhattan’s Audubon Mural Project 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Special traits aid these tasks: long, pointed beaks help vultures tear into flesh whereas long legs keep wading birds’ bodies dry. The most distinctive birds are the ones most at risk of extinction 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z As scavengers, vultures help clear decaying carcasses that would otherwise transmit infectious diseases or feed smaller scavengers like rats and dogs that can, in turn, spread rabies and bubonic plague to humans. The Most Fascinating Birds Will Be the First to Go Extinct 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The White-rumped Vulture, once one of the most common vultures in India, has been taken to the brink of extinction in just the past few decades. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Incendiary avians included eagles, hawks and turkey vultures, but in many cases, the type of bird was not reported. Like a Bird on a Wire That Starts a Wildfire 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z A few doors down from the vulture, we came to a whiskered screech owl, a gray owl with large yellow eyes spray-painted on a black security screen. A walking tour of Manhattan’s Audubon Mural Project 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The vulture stood for Upper Egypt, for instance, and the cobra for Lower Egypt; both were included in the regalia of Tut, who presided over the united regions. Immersive King Tut exhibit looks beyond the gold mask 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z It’s what moves her to prey on the circling vultures trying to take her family’s land. Kelly Reilly wants peace for her 'Yellowstone' character, but not too soon 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z This steep decline was largely because of poisoning with the veterinary drug diclofenac, to which vultures are exposed when eating dead cattle. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The virus is highly contagious among some wild birds and can be deadly for bald eagles and vultures, the Park Service said. Deadly bird flu found in ducks on the Mall in Washington 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z "Once you face a vote of confidence somehow you are doomed. After that, the vultures start gathering. I think he is in real, real trouble," he told Reuters. In the last-chance saloon, Boris Johnson survives as UK PM for now 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z “War is bad. You see the vultures eating the body of your own friends,” he said quietly. Some Ethiopians claim forced recruitment by Tigrayan forces 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z She also told us about a project called Life Under Griffon Wings, which aims to reintroduce vultures to the area. Introducing city kids to nature in the hinterlands of Sardinia 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z In India alone each year, the atmosphere gains at least 2.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions that vultures would have prevented before their population crash. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in the area, 80 black vultures in Maryland’s Harford County were recently found dead due to the virus near wildlife areas along the Susquehanna River, officials have said. Deadly bird flu found in ducks on the Mall in Washington 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Eighty black vultures in Maryland’s Harford County also were recently found dead from the highly pathogenic avian influenza, officials said, near wildlife areas along the Susquehanna River. Bird flu infects millions of chickens in Md., Del. amid broader surge 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Two captive-bred male condors were released from a pen in Redwood National Park on Tuesday, under a project aimed at restoring the giant vultures to their historic habitat in the Pacific Northwest. For Second Straight Year, California Sees a Population Decline 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z New World vultures selected for the momentous occasion betrayed little on whether they would take flight from their designated staging area in Northern California near the Klamath River. After more than a century, California condors soar over redwoods once again 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The value of vulture services may be even more important in times of climate disasters or other catastrophes. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z When black vultures began to die at Florida’s Hontoon Island State Park in February, rangers called in investigators from the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Record avian flu outbreak is threatening North America’s birds. Is the virus here to stay? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The vultures were found in the past two weeks. Bird flu infects millions of chickens in Md., Del. amid broader surge 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z They have tested the blood of turkey vultures and ravens for lead exposure from ingested ammunition, mapped potential condor habitat, conducted hunter education programs and completed federal environmental reviews of their plan. Launch of condors on tribal land marks the species' comeback, but a new threat looms large 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Their bodies were thrown in pits, torched, eaten by dogs and picked over by vultures. Betrayal and ‘blood money’: How fraud cheated Armenian genocide victims 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Carolina Baruzzi, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida, who was not involved in the new study, has documented vulture scavenging after wildlife mass mortality events such as disease outbreaks. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The vultures had likely acquired the virus from eating infected waterbirds—as well as by cannibalizing their own kind. Record avian flu outbreak is threatening North America’s birds. Is the virus here to stay? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The high number of black vultures found in the wild in Harford County is particularly alarming to some experts, because it means the birds are spreading the virus as they’re eating carcasses. Bird flu infects millions of chickens in Md., Del. amid broader surge 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Soon, their managed flock of condors will be tearing into “tough hides to open large carcasses,” Williams-Claussen said, making “them accessible to other scavengers such as turkey vultures, ravens, raccoons, skunks and foxes.” Launch of condors on tribal land marks the species' comeback, but a new threat looms large 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z The photograph shows an emaciated child, sitting on the ground, head bent, with a vulture watching in the background. Column: The image of a bloody mother and her unborn child symbolizes Russia's brutality in Ukraine 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “Without vultures,” she explains, “we have carcasses decomposing at a slower rate, which can cause a series of problematic issues,” including both increased greenhouse gas emissions and disease. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z And for that small percent of kills, other predators are often to blame, like coyotes — responsible for the majority of cattle deaths — dogs, bears, cougars, bobcats and vultures. When wolves returned to California, so did ‘crazy’ rumors 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z The Zoo: San Diego A lappet-faced vulture lays her first egg and a pygmy hippo gives birth for the first time. What's on TV Saturday: ‘West Side Story’ on HBO; ‘Saturday Night Live’ on NBC 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Lee has been fighting hard against Alden, which it called a “vulture hedge fund.” Lee Enterprises directors reelected despite hedge fund fight 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Carter, however, was widely criticized for not doing enough to intervene, though he said he chased the vulture away before leaving the scene. Column: The image of a bloody mother and her unborn child symbolizes Russia's brutality in Ukraine 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Baruzzi’s work has shown that the difference between ecosystems with and without vultures isn’t a subtle one. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z While we humans scramble around the ridges and crevices of the park, California condors, turkey vultures, eagles and assorted other raptors ride the breezes all around, some nesting among the highest minarets. Why are so many people heading to California’s newest national park? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Scientists found that meat-eating “vulture bees” have evolved more acidic guts that harbor acid-tolerant bacteria, similar to those found in vultures and hyenas, letting the insects safely consume carrion. In Case You Missed It 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z We trekked through the tall dunes once again, passing a rabbit, a few deer and a turkey vulture as we go. Savoring the noisy spectacle of elephant seal breeding season in California’s Año Nuevo State Park 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Expect mild violence, including meat-eating vultures occasionally trying to snap or peck at other birds. What to watch with your kids: ‘Home Team,’ ‘Peacemaker’ and more 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z “Where we didn’t have vultures, they stayed there for more than a month and a half or two months—which is really striking.” Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The challenge I found is that, with its red-orange head and a patch of white feathers under otherwise black wings, a condor at 200 feet looks a lot like a turkey vulture at 100 feet. Why are so many people heading to California’s newest national park? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z A Lee spokesman declined to comment Thursday, but in their own letter to shareholders earlier this week Lee officials called Alden a “vulture hedge fund” and urged investors to reject the hedge fund’s nominees. Alden hedge fund appeals to investors in news publisher Lee 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z And I always say that Monica is … she was treated as a meal for society and the media to just feast upon like vultures. Why playing Monica Lewinsky forced Beanie Feldstein to 'disassociate' from herself 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The main vulture and his minions threaten to eat the other birds if they can’t have their eggs. What to watch with your kids: ‘Home Team,’ ‘Peacemaker’ and more 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z He points to studies on large-scale wildfires that show their detrimental impact on emissions and sequestration has the same order of magnitude as the beneficial effect shown by vultures in the new paper. Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Whether that was a condor or not, it was a good day, with sightings of many vultures, one eagle and a few woodpeckers. Why are so many people heading to California’s newest national park? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Antigone goes against the command of the new monarch, who declares one of her brothers a traitor and orders him to be left on the battlefield to be eaten by vultures. What a Greek tragedy teaches us about modern migration 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Alden slashes newsroom staffs, sells off its real estate and focuses on wringing out the last possible drop of revenue while ignoring long-term sustainability, hence earning the name “vulture capitalists.” Perspective | Vulture capitalists are circling my old newspaper. Here’s why we need to fight them off. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z |
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