I'm Sadly A Day Late And Had To Take Pictures Of Pictures For This But I Wanted To Celebrate International

I'm sadly a day late and had to take pictures of pictures for this but I wanted to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day nevertheless!

This beautiful beast is Gomez, a gorgeous White-Backed Vulture with whom we shared 3 very 'brat' summers 😄

From deceptively adorable rescue chick to proud surveyor of his kingdom (aka the whole sanctuary) Gomez's greatest hits include:

- Walking very slowly and deliberately up wooden steps when he could have just flown

- Generally pretending he couldn't fly and needed to be bribed with treats to complete his training

- Fiercely staring down any volunteer who got too close to his beloved perch on the top of the volunteer's lapa

- Objecting to me stopping him chewing an electric cable by savaging my knee (yup it really hurt even though he was still a youngling)

- Holding both my friend and I hostage simultaneously even though one of us was in our room and one of us was in the shower block two doors down

- Turning his beak up at horse penis, despite eating anything going in the wild, so he could hold out for the good stuff

Gomez eventually realised he had bigger kingdoms to conquer and self-released once he became more and more comfortable with flying but I cherish the time we spent with that cheeky little character 😆

Vultures are fascinating, critical members of the ecosystem. They play a vital role in the natural cycle of life and greatly benefit their environments and the other creatures that share them. I would encourage anyone to learn more about nature's sassiest clean-up crew and find out what you can do to protect these beautiful birds 🥰

i hate this place i want to go to build a bear

Lil Charlie 😊

He is oh so cute and adorable :)

I want to believe that that which lived, cannot die

GET TO KNOW ME  ✰ [11/10] TV Shows ⤷ The X-Files (1993-2018)

I want to believe that the dead are not lost to us. That they speak to us as part of something greater than us. Greater than any alien force. And if you and I are powerless now, I want to believe that if we listen to what’s speaking, it can give us the power to save ourselves.

My friend introduced me to DA:O and passed on her intense love of Alistair to me.

I physically cannot be mean to his soft little face 😆

curious to know how everyone got into Dragon Age?

my obsession started a few years ago after coming across fenhawke art on pinterest. watched a few Origins and DA2 playthroughs on YouTube. and so here I am in my own well of Solavellan tears lol

As a 'convention veteran' who has both attended and occasionally crewed a whole variety of them I'm really sad something happened that was significant enough for Valorie to post this. She seems so genuinely upset and believe me I can imagine what kind of comments and what kind of person she encountered. I hate when the disrespectful few ruin things for the rest and potentially put a guest off attending.

I used to ask guests to do fun photo poses etc very very respectfully (to the point they used to be surprised I'd been nervous to ask in the first place 😄). It's truly not hard to be polite to convention guests at all. If you can't remember they aren't actually the fictional characters they play then probably just stay home.

And if all else fails just do what I did when I met Karl Urban and for some reason have a complete mental blackout and basically forget to speak - although to be fair that may also be offensive in a different way 😆