Birding vulture
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This is a King Vulture It is large and predominantly white, with gray to black ruff, flight, and tail feathers. Its head and neck are bald, with the skin color varying, including yellow, orange, blue, purple, and red. The King Vulture has a very noticeable yellow fleshy carnucle on its beak. This vulture is a scavenger and it often makes the initial cut into a fresh carcass. It also displaces smaller New World Vulture species from a carcass. King Vultures have been known to live for up to 30 years in captivity. This photo was a bit of a challenge shooting, I had to go through chicken wire that was all around the exhibit.
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Behold his beastly majesty. / / A big new addition to my bestiary – watercolour, pen, chalk pastel, copper leaf on canvas. He is biggish…35×28cm. As well as on the crown there are little bits of copper throughout. / / / / Crappy shot but it shows the scale: / / / / Shiny shiny / Shiny beast with feathers!
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The King Vulture Portrait…... Please view this bird larger he is stunning ! ... (-: The King Vulture, is a large Central and South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. The adult King Vulture is the most strikingly colored of the New World Vultures. King Vultures have lived up to 30 years in captivity, though their lifespan in the wild is unknown. This vulture uses urohydrosis, defecating on its legs, in order to lower its body temperature. Despite its bill and large size, it is relatively unaggressive at a kill and will normally back down rather than fight.The King Vulture lacks a voice box, though it can make low croaking noises and wheezing sounds.Its only natural predators are snakes, which will prey upon the vulture’s eggs and young, and large cats such as jaguars, which may surprise and kill an adult vulture at a carcass. The King Vulture feeds solely on carrion and, unlike some New World Vultures, is not known to kill sick or dying animals for food.It often eats stranded fish along river banks, but does not come to village refuse dumps for food.Though it has keen eyesight which can help it locate food. There is evidence that suggests a decline in population, though it is not significant enough to cause it to be listed.This decline is due primarily to habitat destruction and poaching.
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White Cape Vulture – South Africa
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These are two photos I shot. The background was the sky one evening over Ft. Pierce Florida. And the other is a Turkey Vulture I had taken a photo of at our local zoo. I’ve post edited both photos in PS CS2. / Turkey Vultures ave a highly developed sense of smell, and are able to detect carrion by that sense alone, from very long distances. The carrion is detected long before it starts rotting too much, vultures will avoid eating badly rotten flesh, possibly because of lethal bacteria, & prefer fresh meat (in fact will often bathe after eating). The larger vultures have keen eyesight & a poorer sense of smell, relying on the smaller vultures to find the carrion & then chasing them off. Some of the larger vultures prefer to eat the parts that the smaller ones can’t (such as the skin & tough tendons), leaving the rest for the smaller vultures. Early theories on the success of Turkey vultures included a highly developed sense of hearing able to detect the sound of flies around the carcass, the ability to spot small flesh eating rodents heading towards the carcass and an “occult” sense that humans could not detect. Other vultures do use sight to detect carrion, both directly & by observation of other vultures heading down towards the carcass. / Turkey vultures do NOT eat live animals. They will not hurt your pets or children. / A group of vultures is called a “Venue”. Vultures circling in the air are a “Kettle”. / American Vultures can smell, but African vultures cannot. The Turkey Vulture has the best sense of smell of the American vultures. The Vulture poop is actually a sanitizer! Their uric acid is so strong (because of the nature of their diets) that it kills bacteria. / Vultures have excellent eyesight, but, like all other birds, they have poor vision in the dark. American vultures find food both with their eyesight and sense of smell. / Vultures prefer to eat fairly fresh meat. They will turn their nose up at rotten meat if there is any alternative available. They also prefer the meat of herbivorous animals, avoiding that of dogs and other carnivores.
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This is a piece I’ve reworked in my portfolio titled “Vuluptuous Vulture” From the first time I saw this bird, he has intrigued and captivated me with his eyes. I was privledged to see 4 of these birds. Although all were in captivity. / I’ve altered and merged the original photos in PS. I have such Passion for Nature and it’s amazing colors!! Vultures serve a useful purpose in disposing of dead and decaying animal remains, as well as in cleaning up in areas of poor or non-existent sanitation. This, however, does not make them popular with people. / The bare head and neck enables them to become fouled up in their efforts to obtain food without endangering their plumage. / Their feet are designed for perching, and are not adapted to seizing and killing or holding prey, as are those of the Eagles, Hawks, and Owls. Their bills are quite tiny, compared to other birds of prey, which make them unable to penetrate the carcasses of large animals. However, the King vulture has a more powerful bill than other American vultures. It usually arrives on the scene well after other species of vulture. But when it does turn up for the feast the others give way to it, apprehensive of its hefty bill. / Vultures rarely attack living animals, and then only when the animal is disabled or dying of disease or injury. / The King vulture, also known as the American king vulture, is the most strikingly colored of the New World vultures. It has a yellow fleshy crest on the bill, the bare skin of the head being yellow and red. The plumage is black and grey with a rose-yellow tinge. It measures 30 inches. / King Vultures are birds of tropical lowland forests from Central America south as far as southern Brazil. The King vulture feeds on carrion, Dead and decaying flesh.which it locates (one of the few birds to do so) with its sense of smell. King vultures do not build nests; the female simply deposits her single egg in the hollow of a rotten tree trunk or in a crack caused by age or lightning. The parents take turns incubating the egg. / The young are naked when hatched, but very soon they are covered with a white or buff down. They do not acquire their adult plumage until 18 months of age. These birds breed well in captivity.
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White Headed Vulture – I like the colours on his head and that amazing hooked beak! Canon EOS 50D with Canon EF 400mm L f/5.6 lens.
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Also this vulture has amazing beautiful eyes. Photograph: Ted Widen / / /
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The King Vulture The King Vulture, is a large Central and South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. The adult King Vulture is the most strikingly colored of the New World Vultures. King Vultures have lived up to 30 years in captivity, though their lifespan in the wild is unknown. This vulture uses urohydrosis, defecating on its legs, in order to lower its body temperature. Despite its bill and large size, it is relatively unaggressive at a kill and will normally back down rather than fight.The King Vulture lacks a voice box, though it can make low croaking noises and wheezing sounds.Its only natural predators are snakes, which will prey upon the vulture’s eggs and young, and large cats such as jaguars, which may surprise and kill an adult vulture at a carcass. The King Vulture feeds solely on carrion and, unlike some New World Vultures, is not known to kill sick or dying animals for food.It often eats stranded fish along river banks, but does not come to village refuse dumps for food.Though it has keen eyesight which can help it locate food. There is evidence that suggests a decline in population, though it is not significant enough to cause it to be listed.This decline is due primarily to habitat destruction and poaching.
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These things really exist.
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sculpture: rjg329. (on Flickr)
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Quite friendly people, but sometimes strange things are happening…
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The Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, also known in North America as the Turkey Buzzard (or just “buzzard”), is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. One of three species in the genus Cathartes, in the family Cathartidae, it is the most common of the New World vultures, ranging from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of open and semi-open areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands, pastures, and deserts. The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion. It finds its meals using its sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gases produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals. In flight, it uses thermals to move through the air, flapping its wings infrequently. It roosts in large community groups. Lacking a syrinx—the vocal organ of birds—its only vocalizations are grunts or low hisses. It nests in caves, hollow trees, or thickets, generally raising two chicks each year, which it feeds by regurgitation. It has very few natural predators. In the United States of America, the vulture receives legal protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. With a wingspan of 173–183 cm (68–72 in) and an average weight of 1.4 kg (3.1 lb), the Turkey Vulture is a large bird. It has dark brown to black plumage, a featherless, purplish-red head and neck, and a short, hooked, ivory-colored beak. The Turkey Vulture received its common name from the resemblance of the adult’s bald red head and its dark plumage to that of the male Wild Turkey, while the name “vulture” is derived from the Latin word vulturus, meaning “tearer” and is a reference to its feeding habits.
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This is a King Vulture of South America. I have to say, with all the color he has to be the most beautiful vulture I have ever seen. This one had a wing span of around 6ft. He is being taken care of at 6 Flags in Vallejo CA. He was found injured and is now in the care of the wonderful people there. His life now is being catered to like the king he is, and being an ambassador of conservation.
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Not sure if this would sell but I wanted to make him cute..lol / /
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These vicious creatures will attack anything with or without a heartbeat. Created from the various bones of dead animals, they fly through the villages devouring anything they can in a matter of seconds and they will never stop, so stay inside! View the artwork here
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I know the name now, thank you ;) / The english name is ‘Griffon Vulture’ and the latin name is ‘Gyps Fulvus’. / In Holland we call it a ‘kale gier’ (bold vulture).
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My inner rumblings reflect my personal trials, dreams, needs and obligations. My Artwork reflects who I am! / / Fractal Art / Smudge Art TM. / Photography / By: Madeline M. Allen Thank you for viewing my work. Image copyright © 2008, Madeline M. Allen / Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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Vulture done in Coast Salish style, which is a Pacific Northwest coast Native art style.
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Photograph made in Artis, Amsterdam Zoo, the Netherlands How majestic he was sitting there, aware of his strength – gaze on infinity :)
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This Turkey Vulture has just left the beach where it competed with eagles, gulls, and crows for the carrion there.
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