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February 20, 2013

A Black Vulture


I saw this guy sitting by the lake and thought he was a turkey vulture until later when I zoomed in on the picture. If he was a turkey vulture, his face would be red.

Instead of flying away, he actually hopped off into the woods. I hope he was just tired and not injured.

The black vulture's Latin name is Coragyps atratus.

9 comments:

  1. Eat To Live4:32 AM, February 20, 2013

    This is the first Black vulture I have seen. Not a pretty thing are they.

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  2. Tanya Breese7:33 AM, February 20, 2013

    oh great shot! i hope too that he was just being lazy!

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  3. George9:24 AM, February 20, 2013

    Both of these are wonderful portraits of the black vulture.

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  4. Connie10:41 AM, February 20, 2013

    I've only seen the ones with red faces. I've never seen the black ones before. Great shot!

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  5. TexWisGirl1:54 PM, February 20, 2013

    nice job capturing this 'handsome' one. :) i do think they're lovely, actually.

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  6. Lisa @ Two Bears Farm2:18 PM, February 20, 2013

    Great shot of one ugly bird! ;-)

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  7. Anonymous2:19 PM, February 20, 2013

    We were in South Carolina over Christmas and saw quite a few vultures. Interesting, but not exactly endearing.

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  8. Beatrice P. Boyd8:43 PM, February 20, 2013

    ALmost was thinking cormorant, until I saw the face, which is as unattractive, but well presented in your shots.

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  9. A Colorful World12:26 AM, February 21, 2013

    You got a couple of very nice shots of him!

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