Giants Castle First Visit
The giants castle vulture hide was a bit more tricky than I expected. This is a record of my experience in Jan 2015. Others may have had a different experience. First of all it is a long wait. You have to arrive at around 5-6pm and wait. First arrivals are around 9/10am. Vultures cross over around every 45 minutes so there is a lot of waiting. Be prepared to spend the day. You are not going to get a lot of shots if you leave midday as I had originally planned. It stayed longer but the weather was not on my side with some afternoon showers making it a shorter day. Also I set my camera and focal length in anticipation that the bearded vultures would land. I only found out later that landing was an uncommon event and that most images where captured of them flying. Had I know this would have changed my set up. One camera was wasted focusing on the landing area. The jackals were also very skittish. Making appearances from afar and never coming close enough to get a close up. The jackal buzzard landed on both days grabbed a piece of meat and was off again. Saw him once each day he used the express lane and was in and out in no time. Really hoping the next time I go I have a better experience.
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