Black Vulture – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

International Vulture Awareness Day 2023

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-02T05:25:14-05:00September 2nd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, Black Vulture, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Cathartes aura, cliff face, Coragyps atratus, desert, foothills, immature, juvenile, lichen, lichens, nest, nesting cavity tree, ranchlands, raptors, rocks, roosting, spring, Steve Creek, summer, tree, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures, young|

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.

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Young Black Vulture Snuggled Into A Tree Cavity Nest

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-08T02:39:34-05:00June 23rd, 2023|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Black Vulture, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Coragyps atratus, immature, juvenile, nesting cavity tree, summer, tree, vulture, vultures, young|

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.

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International Vulture Awareness Day 2016

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-02T04:21:07-05:00September 3rd, 2016|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Florida, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Black Vulture, carrion, Cathartes aura, Coragyps atratus, DDT, diclofenac, immature, International Vulture Awareness Day, juvenile, perched, raptors, scavengers, thermoregulating, Turkey Vulture, vultures|

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.

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International Vulture Awareness Day

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-02T03:29:24-05:00September 5th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Black Vultures, Box Elder County, Florida, Myakka River State Park, Pinellas County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: Black Vulture, Cathartes aura, Coragyps atratus, International Vulture Awareness Day, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures|

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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