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Such a beautiful boy! (or girl!) Very nice capture! I'd love you to add this to the mission Raptors of North America: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8627...
I think this is a turkey vulture, note the red parts on the head. Black vultures are completely black.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Vultu...