TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Closeup Dracula Turkey Vulture Pose Turkey Vulture-Cathartes aura, Order CICONIIFORMES - Family CATHARTIDAE. This wonderful Turkey Vulture was sunning itself on a cold Sunday morning in late-October at Acton Lake. (Photo: Oct 23, 2004, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 400mm f/5.6 L lens)

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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.