“Wings are of many kinds. Butterfly's wings, vulture's wings, eagle-wings, spread wings of white swans, dragonfly's serene wings, wings of albatross, lovely wings of humming birds, tiny wings of a fly or a bumble-bee-wings; and when they fly, they fly their best according to their ability of flying. We should not underestimate the size of those heavenly wings.” - Munia Khan

The Himalayan vulture or Himalayan griffon vulture is an Old World vulture native to the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan Plateau. It is one of the two largest Old World vultures and true raptors. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

You won’t admire this bird unless you see it closely and observe its behaviour.

Some of the images of Himalayan griffons I made during winter expedition in high Himalayas. 

These images will give you an idea; why I choose prime lens over variable focal length, this allows me to isolate backgrounds, dead sharp and fast focus even with TC.

Equipment used Sony Alpha 7RIV + FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 1.4x TC

We have a beautiful story of The Blind Vulture in India as bedtime story you can find it here on you tube.