When soaring high above the cliffs the Bearded Vulture can easily be mistaken for an eagle. This magnificent bird is a bone eater and on the brink of extinction. Would you scale sheer cliffs to grab a Bearded Vulture egg? Every winter in South Africa Shannon Hoffman and her team venture into the Drakensberg and Maloti Mountains. These rugged mountains with sheer cliffs are home to some of the last remaining Bearded Vultures in Southern Africa. Here these gorgeous birds fly like eagles looking for bones. Like other vultures they are part of nature’s clean up crew. Unlike other…
