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Above and below: A Black Vulture poses elegantly in the dawn light (Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, 9/7/2008).
Below: Feeding on a roadkill raccoon in southern Florida in 2005.



Below: In flight

Below: Roosting for the night

Below three: OK, that settles it. Everything is cute as a baby. Here are two downy Black Vulture young in P.G. Co., Maryland (4/23/2008). I had always wanted to find a Black Vulture nest, so when I saw two adults fly out the window of an abandoned house, I had a feeling I might be in luck. These two little Muppets were on the floor in the corner of a room - no nest to speak of - sitting quite peacefully. I snapped these strangely adorable photos and let their parents get back in there.

Comments:  Top three photos taken in southern Florida in February 2005. Flight photo taken in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/12/2005). Bottom photo, of roost, taken in northern Frederick Co., Maryland (7/17/2005). Similar species: Turkey Vulture.