Black vulture question
tomtuxman
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Comments (8)Great pics. About two years ago we had a colony of black vultures and an occasional turkey vultures who would roost at night in the trees behind the house at the edge of a small woods. They would fly in in platoons of 10 to15 or more. It was quite a sight. We had up to 168 at one time and usually about a hundred every night for almost a year. It was definately spooky with the leaves off the trees....See MoreVulture?
Comments (17)Within the past say 3 years I have turkey vultures spending the night in the huge cottonwood in the very back of my yard. They spend their nights in this neighborhood....sometimes at my house, some times at another house a block away. There is a huge group circling every night in the summer...like 20 or more birds. But I do have a picture where I counted about 40 birds in the tree one fall after the leaves were gone. I wonder when they will leave? ( I am in central Iowa) do they all migrate as a flock? One at a time? Where do they nest? And why do I never see a vulture eating any of the dozens of road kill deer in this area? I haven't seen a vulture on the ground in Iowa ever! Can anyone shed some light on these mysteries? Linda C...See MoreInjured black vulture need advice ((LONG)))
Comments (7)I found this discussion by accident and thought I'd mention something about this type of bird. I agree with the rehab center. Google farmers and vultures and see what pops up. They hunt by locating vulnerable animals. This may be a newborn calf, lamb, goat, feral kittens, nestling birds, fledglings, etc. The newborn animals get their eyes pecked out. The mother can't prevent it because they hunt in large groups. The newborn animal then gets pecked to death and flesh is ripped off it's body while still alive. It's never good to see something die a slow death but in this case, I agree with the rehab center. Let nature take it's course....See MoreTurkey Vultures
Comments (21)petalique You may print these for various greeting/birthday cards. Contact me and I can send you better images. The images in this post have been severely compressed and have lost some definition. I do not have a photo account on-line. (For a short time, I have changed my profile to allow members of this forum to contact me.) These birds are very wary and it is rare that I can get close enough to make a decent image of them. I approached these in an a SUV and shot from a window exposing not much more than my camera. A couple shots were made through the windshield. Also, these are zoomed at about the maximum that I can do hand-held. These birds are commonly refereed to as buzzards and are absolute masters at riding thermals and finding updrafts....See MoreElly_NJ
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