| The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) is a common scavenger across the southeastern United States southward all the way to South America. Within the United States it ranges north up the east coast to New York and a few may be found as far west as Arizona. The bird shown here was in Real Co., Texas in May, 2003. The image was taken with a Canon 10D and EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens. |
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| The two shots at right show the head detail of two different Black Vultures in Kenedy Co., Texas in April, 2000. These shots were taken with a Canon EOS 3 and EF 600mm F4 L IS lens on Fuji Provia film. |
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| The shot shown here as well as the next two with spread wings were taken in northeastern Mexico in the state of Tamaulipas in December, 2004, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens. Vultures often sit in the morning sun with spread wings to warm up. |
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| The next two images below show a Black Vulture at the entrance of its nest. The box was on a private ranch near McCook, in Hidalgo Co., Texas, and was built to attract a Barn Owl. This Vulture found the box to its liking and incubated a single egg for several weeks in May, 2006. The shots were taken with the same equipment as the shots from Mexico immediately above. |
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| The two shots at right were taken near Ottine, Gonzales Co., Texas, in January, 2007, with the same equipment described above. |
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| The Black Vulture in flight shown here was at Lake Tohopekaliga, Osceola Co., Florida, in February, 2007. It was shot with a canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 500mm F/4 L IS lens and 1.4X extender. |
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| The next 4 shots show some Black Vulture chicks at a nest site near Wimberley, Hays Co., Texas, in March, 2010. The mama vulture was nearby while I took these quick shots with a Canon Power Shot G-11. We were at the home of some friends for lunch, and I only had this "point-and-shoot" camera with me, so I was glad to get the images at all. |
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| The Black Vulture on the right was near Dripping Springs, Hays Co., Texas, in December, 2013. |
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| This Black Vulture was on the edge of a tidal pool in the village of Chimo, Jalisco, Mexico, in April, 2014. |
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