Great photo out of a group at the University of George studying carrion-eating birds. They capture vultures — black vultures are a current project.
Close up of an eye of a black vulture. Photo by Megan Winzeler, at a University of Georgia research project. Note the photographer, reflected in the bird’s eye.
This bird has the unromantic name of BLVU202.
“The last thing the old prospector would see . . .”
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Caption from Wikipedia: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (May 31, 2004) – Sailors assigned to ships based at Pearl Harbor bring the flag to half-mast over the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island in honor of Memorial Day May 31, 2004. U.S. Navy photo
Monday, May 26, 2014, is Memorial Day in the U.S. It’s the day we honor soldiers who died, either fighting to defend the nation, or after.
Because it honors the dead, the flag-flying rules differ slightly.
If you’re flying your flag from a staff that allows raising and lowering, the flag should be posted at half-staff in the morning at sunrise. At noon, the flag goes to full-staff position.
Usual flag-raising rules apply: Going up the staff, the flag rises briskly. Coming down, it sinks slowly.
Before going to the half-staff position to honor the dead, the flag should be raised briskly to the top of the pole, and then brought down slowly to half-staff. At noon, again, the flag rises briskly. And at retreat, at sundown, the flag comes down slowly.
Most Americans have a flag that attaches to the wall of a residence, or in other ways is not capable of raising and lowering. In that case, simply post the the flag.
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