In Mineral Wells, Texas, great truckloads of rock are torn from the earth, often dynamited, at rock quarries. Every day, these buzzards patiently wait to gorge themselves. Their menu consists of the myriad of small creatures who are unearthed, blown, knocked and dug from their habitats. The creatures who survive the plunder scatter as the bulldozers and back hoes work. Many land gracefully at the buzzards' feet, stunned and confused, many already lifeless, land amid heaps of rubble. Feeding is instant and rich for the buzzards, and they live long and well, for they are wizened now. As long as they continue to avoid the trucks, the equipment, the conveyer belts, and the men who bring their feast, they survive. Those other creatures, not so adept, fall victim as the workers rip the rock and blast the boulders, to hastily drive them away. Time is money, and developers need the rocks fast.
5 responses
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John Linton gave props (27 Nov 2008):
Well...now that I'm here I might as well check out some more on this page...Hi guys...Doesn't Laura take the most interesting shots.
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Timothy Little said (21 Mar 2009):
I understand this. My back yard is in the process of becoming a school. My woods that backed up to my yard are now gone yet the deers still come to my yard to eat every night. Progress needs to be a 4 letter word.
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Erich Mangl said (30 Aug 2009):
Turkey Vultures, not Buzzards
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Erich Mangl said (30 Aug 2009):
oh, sorry, google told me that in some parts they are indeed called buzzards :-)
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robbie manis said (2 Sep 2009):
Buzzards are called Black Vultures, and the ones in the photo above are Turkey Vultures.
