TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Black Vulture Soaring Black Vulture- Coragyps atratus Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus, Order Ciconiiformes, Family Cathartidae. This is my first Black Vulture of the year in Ohio. Often travel in flocks. While in Costa Rica, I spotted several Black and King Vultures! Note the white wing tips and shorter tail (as compared with the Turkey Vulture), Acton Lake, Heuston Woods State Park. (Photo: July 24, 2004, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 500mm f/4 L IS lens and 1.4X II TC) More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Black_Vulture.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.