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Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Habitat:

Anywhere

Notes:

Many vultures here. All very approachable

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9 Comments

Sam5
Sam5 12 years ago

Love black vulture. This is an excellent shot

MaryOhkwari
MaryOhkwari 12 years ago

Amazing detail on this head shot, thanks for sharing. :)

Aditi Rajan
Aditi Rajan 12 years ago

Amazing details! love it!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Nice portrait...!!

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Fantastic shot...I love it.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Then again I may be mistaken.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Excellent photo btw.

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

If I'm not mistaken, that is a juvenile turkey vulture. The head skin is limited and gray in color rather than black.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Good head shot!

peterlos
Spotted by
peterlos

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Jul 24, 2010
Submitted on Aug 2, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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