Zoornithosteology

I'm Adam a Vulture from Scotland. I've been collecting bones for a couple of years now. I also enjoy photographing wildlife especially birds. Just as a warning my blog will contain photos of dead animals. Sitta europaea is the scientific name of my favourite species of bird the Eurasian Nuthatch. The Atlas to my Axis

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Cheesecake

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Cheesecake

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Cheesecake

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Mr. Seal made some new friends in London.

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@sittaeuropaea’s Little Owl skull, from a bird we had come into rehab with a bad eye. Sadly the bird didn’t make it, but it wasn’t until Adam cleaned the skull up that this injury was revealed - a massive thorn imbedded into the skull, right between the eyes. Being a thorn it didn’t show up on X-ray, and nobody would have known about this otherwise. Pretty amazing this bird lived so long with this inside his head! Must have flown pretty hard into a bush.

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Flamingo skull I cleaned for @sittaeuropaea’s Christmas present!

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Thank you sharna for cleaning and giving me such an awesome skull.

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@prettydeadstuff and I met a very special sheep.

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Poor boy killed on the road.

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Happy birthday to one of my best friends, @sittaeuropaea - a great person, and a very talented vulture. These little blue birds have become very special to me, they remind me of you, and whenever I see one it cheers me up. It’s a sign of good things and friendship to me. I will stand in the kitchen sometimes and just wait for one to appear at the feeder, and it almost feels like I am with my friends. Thank you for always being there and being so awesome, friendle, I hope you have had a truly fantastic day and you like your presents and your pizza.

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Thank you very much Sharna :D

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My finds from our weekend camping trip.

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Had a good drive today with @bonemonger and picked up some roadkill.

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Found this beautiful male sparrowhawk after it had flown into a wall at work.

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Bought a bunch of skulls in to work today, will be cleaning some up for the education centre here soon! I love talking about bones and showing them to people who are interested. It’s lovely to see people’s reactions and when they get to touch and handle something they don’t usually have access to.

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I recognise a few of those skulls.

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A couple of more shots of my favourite beast.

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Think this guy has to be my favourite skull.

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I’m assuming this is a type of seal or sea lion?? what is this??? Elephant seal???

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He's a Grey Seal I found on a beach a few months ago.

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Think this guy has to be my favourite skull.