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New World Vultures 7 images Created 8 May 2015

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  • A turkey vulture spreads its wings from atop a dead tree overlooking the Columbia Gorge in Southern Washington, with Oregon in the background.
    Turkey Vulture
  • Sometimes the King of the Everglades is on the menu. This black vulture in Florida's Fakahatchee Strand perches on the floating corpse of an alligator that has been dead for several days.
    Black Vulture and Dead Alligator
  • A member of nature's clean-up crew, the black vulture is a very important and necessary part of keeping the environment healthy and beautiful. This one was photographed in Fort Myers, Florida.
    Black Vulture
  • An impossibly red-headed turkey vulture patrols the Gulf Coast in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in North Florida in search of carrion.
    Turkey Vulture
  • I was photographing native turtles along Lake Trafford in Immokakee, Florida when I passed an overflowing dumpster near a restaurant swarmed with vultures. This one posed for me long enough to make a portrait.
    Black Vulture Portrait
  • You never know what you will see when driving through rural Florida. This alligator head - probably a leftover from poachers - was being picked clean by vultures in Hendry County.
    Black Vulture
  • Eventually the King of the Florida Everglades ends up getting eaten. This alligator met its demise in the Fakahatchee Strand, and provided a meal, ready to eat for this black vulture. Without carrion birds such as this to keep the ecosystem clean from decay and rot, very little of the habitat would be safe for wildlife.
    Black Vulture