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Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Photo by Ric3
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Field Notes

Description:

It has black plumage, a featherless, grayish-black head and neck, and a short, hooked beak.

Habitat:

It inhabits relatively open areas which provide scattered forests or shrublands. This one was spotted standing on a paved entry road to a parking area at a County nature Preserve. This road has dense thick wooded area on one side. This area was the site for a BLVU nest last year.

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Wildlife of the South East, USA
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Brooker Creek Preserve
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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