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Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatus<\/p><\/div>\n
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- The Lammergeier<\/strong> is essentially a bone-eating bird<\/strong> and not, as the originally German name suggests, a devourer of innocent lambs.<\/li>\n
- The Lammergeier is shy around other vultures, and prefers to stay on the edges of chaotic gatherings of Griffon Vultures<\/strong> around a carcass. Then it will gradually try to edge its way in, hopefully not bothering anyone…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatus<\/p><\/div>\n
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- Lammergeiers never wander far from the mountains<\/strong> if they can help it. That’s why they need so much assistance in recolonizing the mountain ranges where they have disappeared from.<\/li>\n
- Lammergeiers<\/strong> are to mountains, like cheese is to wine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatus<\/p><\/div>\n
Ordesa National Park<\/strong> in the Pyrenees is beautiful, but its beauty is sublime when you watch an adult Lammergeier glide effortlessly over the edge of a stunning gorge.<\/p>\n
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Ordesa National Park, in the Pyrenees<\/p><\/div>\n
“How do you tell Lammergeiers apart from Griffon Vultures?” people ask me. Sometimes I explain …
… And sometimes I just grin and say “Don’t worry, you’ll know it when you see it”.<\/p>\nNote: Subscribers to our newsletter will be receiving a free chapter<\/strong> about this marvellous bird, and a detailed chart<\/strong> to determine the ages of Lammergeiers. <\/p>\n
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Flying over the Pyrenees<\/p><\/div>\n
Photo credits: Thanks to Franck Renard and Jan Pedersen for their Lammergeier photos.<\/p>\n\n\n
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- Lammergeiers<\/strong> are to mountains, like cheese is to wine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- The Lammergeier is shy around other vultures, and prefers to stay on the edges of chaotic gatherings of Griffon Vultures<\/strong> around a carcass. Then it will gradually try to edge its way in, hopefully not bothering anyone…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n