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Black vulture

Coragyps atratus

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Notes:

The black vultures at Williamsport Lake are very habituated to humans & seem to be unperturbed even when they are approached at close range.

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Black Vulture

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Comments (3)
KarenL
Thanks guys! I will create a new event for the juvie turkey vulture.
MitchRay
The first two photos look like a juvenile Turkey Vulture. The rest are definitely Black Vultures
auntnance123
The stout beak and prominent nostril lead me to believe that this is a juvenile turkey vulture (as they locate carrion primarily by smell and often lead black vultures to their find).

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PublishedSeptember 2, 2011

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