{"id":130297,"date":"2024-07-07T02:50:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T07:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=130297"},"modified":"2025-08-10T07:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:14:48","slug":"immature-black-vulture-photos-from-sequoyah-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/07\/07\/immature-black-vulture-photos-from-sequoyah-nwr\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Black Vulture Photos From Sequoyah NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the Fourth of July, I was delighted to photograph an immature Black Vulture shortly after sunrise at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. <a href=\"https:\/\/stevecreek.com\/whitetail-fawns-and-barred-owls-on-the-fourth-of-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Steve spotted the vulture high in a willow tree<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-130289 size-full\" title=\"Immature Black Vulture at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596.jpg\" alt=\"Immature Black Vulture at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20643%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27643%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596-800x572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8596.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Immature Black Vulture at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/160, ISO 1600, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve photographed adult and younger Black Vultures, but this was my first time photographing what I would call a teenage <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_vulture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black Vulture<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This vulture wasn&#8217;t technically a juvenile, nor was it an adult, just somewhere in between those two ages. I liked the white downy feathers that created a collar around the young vulture&#8217;s neck.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-130290 size-full\" title=\"Immature Black Vulture perched in a willow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8729.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8729.jpg\" alt=\"Immature Black Vulture perched in a willow, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8729-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8729-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8729-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8729-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/black-vulture-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-8729.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Immature Black Vulture perched in a willow \u2013 Nikon D500, f10, 1\/100, ISO 1600, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steve and I hoped to get some good morning light on the vulture and even waited around for a bit, but soon realized that the trees to the east of the bird were going to block that kind of light.<\/p>\n<p>Still, we took our time and moved slightly closer to the immature Black Vulture in steps so we could get different perspectives of the bird. I think the young vulture was curious about us; it never seemed nervous at all, but it did keep looking at us as we took our photos of it.<\/p>\n<p>The vulture was still in the tree when we decided to move on and look for more subjects to focus on. I know I took several hundred images of this one bird!<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:950px;--awb-max-height:534px;--awb-width:100%;--awb-margin-bottom:24px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Immature Black Vulture at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge on the 4th of July 2024\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This immature Black Vulture hung around long enough for me to take two videos of it, this is the video I decided to share. The young vulture was perched in a willow tree next to the road.\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-07-06\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/kT7oPAJlHks\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kT7oPAJlHks\" \/><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.21%;\" ><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"Immature Black Vulture at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge on the 4th of July 2024\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27950%27%20height%3D%27534%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20950%20534%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27950%27%20height%3D%27534%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kT7oPAJlHks?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>My video has no sound; I apologize for that because the bird songs were incredible that morning. What I need to do is purchase an external microphone so the mic doesn&#8217;t pick up the incredibly annoying sound of the motor in my 500mm lens.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed seeing these photos and the video of the &#8220;teenaged&#8221; Black Vulture. I know that I enjoyed seeing and photographing this young vulture; it was a treat for me.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/black-vulture-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Black Vulture photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Fourth of July, I was delighted to photograph an immature Black Vulture shortly after sunrise at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in 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