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Red Headed Vulture

Sarcogyps calvus

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25 Comments (1–25)

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

http://www.glo-wild.com/index.php?option...
Also a good read for vulture lovers and all actually...
Thanks SatyenM!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

That is awesome information Smith's Zoo. Thanks for sharing.

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

The bald, or lightly-feathered, head is specially designed to stay clean even when confronted with blood and bodily fluids present in the carcasses. Any remaining germs are baked off by the sun.
1 September - International Vulture Awareness Day
Awesome pic Aditi!

Aditi Rajan
Aditi Rajan 12 years ago

Thanks a lot Aneesh! This was in Bandhavgad National Park, last summer

AneeshJain
AneeshJain 12 years ago

Superb! I would rate it as one of the best wildlife photos! Where exactly was this?

Aditi Rajan
Aditi Rajan 12 years ago

Thanks Emma ! Its one of my favorite shots just because if the action in it :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

@ Aditi, I still think that this is an awesome picture! Great colors too!

Aditi Rajan
Aditi Rajan 12 years ago

Thanks for the lovely comments everyone! :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Hi Sergio.... keep tracking following link and like them on your Facebook...
http://www.corbettfoundation.org/
You will have lot rural and urban wildlife information on Indian on this website. Most of Indian Biologists studied at Jim Corbett institute.. This is their website...!!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Wonderful photo!

Kassius Santos
Kassius Santos 12 years ago

Great shot!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 12 years ago

Ashish, here in occident, we don't have much information about the modern India and other oriental countries. Western made movies often focus in the picturesque, rather than the reality, and very few indian made movies reach us. I'd like to know more about India, because I think it resembles Brazil in some aspects.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Hi... Emma such old age type funerals are already stopped in 20th century...!!
Vultures mostly seen in Maharashtra in hilly area with evergreen forests.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

@ Ashish,you might be able to spot some near a Parsi Funeral home. Usually in the final funeral rites , the body is left in the open for the vultures. We had one in Solapur. i never ventured close to the place though.
My next door neighbor went to a cemetery in Pleasant hill ,just out of sheer curiosity. She saw the most beautiful birds of prey hanging around .

Aditi Rajan
Aditi Rajan 12 years ago

Thank you :)

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

great spotting

Aditi Rajan
Aditi Rajan 12 years ago

Thanks a lot!! :)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

More color than our Turkey Vultures!

Dangermouse
Dangermouse 12 years ago

Well, you have some fantastic photos, I think you already are a wildlife photographer! :)

Aditi Rajan
Aditi Rajan 12 years ago

Thank you! :) im an aspiring wildlife photographer..that comment means a lot! :)

Dangermouse
Dangermouse 12 years ago

Amazing spotting! Just brilliant. A great photo, thanks for sharing. And welcome to Project Noah. :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I mean... How you get this spotting...what you observed while taking this picture..?

Aditi Rajan
Aditi Rajan 12 years ago

Thanks a lot Nicole!
Ashish im sorry i dint get u...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I like to read about how you got spotting..what is your observation...!!

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

Great spotting and photos!
Welcome aboard Project Noah :)

Aditi Rajan
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Aditi Rajan

Madhya Pradesh, India

Spotted on May 27, 2011
Submitted on Aug 7, 2011

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