Black Vultures

Coragyps atratus

Black Vultures are large, black birds with short necks lacking feathers, pale bills, short, squared tails, and gray legs. Their wings are white tipped.

International Vulture Awareness Day 2023

By |2023-09-02T05:25:14-06:00September 2nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today is International Vulture Awareness Day 2023. I admit to having a soft spot for vultures because they are often misunderstood, and because I tend to stand up for those who have no voice.

Young Black Vulture Snuggled Into A Tree Cavity Nest

By |2023-09-08T02:39:34-06:00June 23rd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

This young Black Vulture in a tree cavity nest made me happy dance yesterday morning at Sequoyah NWR when it was close to the entrance of the nesting cavity.

International Vulture Awareness Day 2016

By |2023-09-02T04:21:07-06:00September 3rd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Florida, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Vultures and condors are scavengers and help to clean up the environment by consuming carrion, road kill and gut piles left from the kills of human and non-human hunters.

International Vulture Awareness Day

By |2023-09-02T03:29:24-06:00September 5th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Florida, Myakka River State Park, Pinellas County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , |

Sure, vultures aren't are handsome as Bald Eagles but they do serve an ecological function of cleaning up carrion so in essence they are nature's recyclers.

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