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	Black Vulture - Birds of Prey
		Black Vultures are resident in tropical and warm temperate from southern Canada to southern South America including continental United States of America.
		The Black Vulture is fl, large bird with a wingspan of 137-152 cm, a length of 50-69.
		Black Vulture males court a female in a small group that walks around her with wings spread partly and rapid head bobbing.
	www.raptorcenter.org /black-vulture.asp (732 words)

	Vulture - MSN Encarta
		The American vultures are superficially similar to large birds of prey, but are probably more closely related to storks, with which they share some anatomical and behavioral features.
		The American vultures also differ from the Eurasian group in that they have longitudinal, perforated nostrils without a partition and lack a voice, due to the absence of a syrinx.
		The Andean condor is classified as Vultur gryphus, the turkey vulture as Cathartes aura, the American fl vulture as Coragyps atratus, and the California condor as Gymnogyps californianus.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564564/Vulture.html (361 words)

	WINGMASTERS Species
		Vultures by contrast have straight, relatively weak toes and blunt talons that are designed to brace the birds as they pull at a carcass with their beaks.
		Black vultures also projectile-vomit, but this is an aggressive species that doesn’t hesitate to attack a would-be predator, hissing, biting and flapping its large wings in the intruder’s face.
		Black vultures leave the roosting area about an hour later than turkey vultures because their heavier wing loading means they need more powerful thermals to stay aloft.
	www.wingmasters.net /tvulture.htm (5781 words)

	vulture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) are allied to hawks and eagles; the more ancient American vultures and condors are of a different family (Cathartidae) with distant links to storks and cormorants.
		In the adult turkey vulture, or turkey buzzard, Cathartes aura (wingspread 6 ft/1.9 m), the head is red; in the smaller fl vulture it is fl; and in the tropical king vulture (with cream and fl plumage) it is orange, crimson, and purple, with a neck ruff of gray down.
		Vultures have keen sight and are effortless soarers, skillful at riding the thermal updrafts of their mountain habitats.
	www.bartleby.com /65/vu/vulture.html (293 words)

	Friends With Feathers Turkey Vulture
		Turkey vultures flapping their wings and their rapid movements on a carcass was once thought to be fighting over a carcass, but today it is believed to be a cooperative effort to tear open the tough hides by pulling and tugging in opposite directions.
		Turkey vultures of New York state are migratory in that they migrate south each fall before the winter's snow cover halts the thermals needed for their flight.
		Turkey vultures fly many miles and find animal carcasses with their excellent eyes and sense of smell but are not able tear open the tough skin.
	www.frontiernet.net /~friendswithfeathers/turkeyvulture.html (932 words)

	ChristStory Vulture Page
		This association of the vulture with Christ was strengthened by the Greek and Roman notion that the vulture was the enemy or vanquisher of serpents.
		Not only were the living relieved of the bodies of the dead by the helpful vultures, but the dead were believed to be freed from their decaying bodies to enter the next world or to be reborn into this one.
		Among the Egyptians, the goddess of childbirth, Nekhbet, was represented as a vulture and a vulture perched atop a basket symbolized conception.
	ww2.netnitco.net /users/legend01/vulture.htm (557 words)

	VULTURES and CONDORS
		In the Western hemisphere ome of the most numerous birds of prey, but the American Black Vulture is on the decrease, especially in Europe.
		As the scavenging habits of vultures provide such a benefit in removing sources of infection these birds are protected by law in most of the United States.
		It is not until the Black Vulture takes to the air that white markings can be seen near the tips of its 1.5 metre wings.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /vulture/black.html (556 words)

	Turkey Vulture - Birds of Prey
		The Turkey Vulture's ability to digest infected, rotting meat without impending any negative effects to its own health is a rather peculiar attribute and may prove useful in medical science.
		Because their diets consist of carrion, Vultures act as nature's own cleaning devices, removing infected carcasses from the environment before they pose the threat of disease to other animals or even humans in the area.
		Because the Vulture species possesses such an immense size, on occassion, a bird in flight may come in contact with and even endanger the flight pattern of passing aircraft.
	www.raptorcenter.org /turkey-vulture.asp (640 words)

	King Vulture
		Vultures serve a useful purpose in disposing of dead and decaying animal remains, as well as in cleaning up in areas of poor or non-existent sanitation.
		The plumage is fl and grey with a rose-yellow tinge.
		King vultures do not build nests; the female simply deposits her single egg in the hollow of a rotten tree trunk or in a crack caused by age or lightning.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /king_vulture.htm (402 words)

	The Turkey Vulture - DesertUSA
		In flight, the Turkey Vulture rocks from side to side, rarely flapping its wings which are held at a V-angle called a dihedral.
		Vultures are best known for their practice of feeding on dead animal carcasses, but will occasionally attack young and helpless animals as well.
		The Turkey Vulture's olfactory sense is estimated to be 3 times that of the smaller Black Vulture, which is also found in the North American Deserts.
	www.desertusa.com /magdec97/dec_pap/du_tkvulture.html (363 words)

	Carolina Raptor Center-Raptor Species: Turkey Vulture
		Turkey vultures have long tails; their head is small, bare, and reddish in adult.
		Flight: Turkey vultures are often seen soaring on thermals and updrafts, with their wings held in a slight dihedral.
		Turkey vultures are more passive in nest defense than fl vultures.
	www.carolinaraptorcenter.org /t_vulture.php (390 words)

	The Turkey Vulture Society
		Its purpose is to promote scientific study of the life habits and needs of the Turkey Vulture, to protect the vulture and its habitat, and to inform the public of the valuable and essential services this bird provides to us and to the environment.
		Vultures circling in the air are a "Kettle".
		American vultures find food both with their eyesight and sense of smell.
	vulturesociety.homestead.com /index~ns4.html (450 words)

	Black Vulture
		A fl vulture, with featherless head, fl feathers, large strong feet with toe nails, and a strong hooked beak for tearing flesh.
		American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) has a body length of about 26 inches, weighs about 5 pounds and a wingspan of about 5 feet, with featherless head, fl feathers, large strong feet with toe nails, and a strong hooked beak for tearing flesh.
		The Black Valture eggs are usually laid in a protected location on the bare ground or rock ledes, two eggs laid and both the female and male will sit on the eggs for about 39 days and both feed the chicks.
	www.richwooders.com /appalachian/wildlife/vulture.htm (189 words)

	Carolina Raptor Center - Raptor Species: Black Vulture
		The fl vulture has heavier wing loading (shorter wings so less surface area for weight) than the turkey vulture, requiring stronger thermals for soaring, so they usually become active an hour or more after turkey vultures.
		Sometime shares habitat with turkey vultures, but are not as migratory.
		Black vultures have stronger beaks to break up carrion than turkey vultures.
	www.carolinaraptorcenter.org /b_vulture.php (373 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Black Vulture
		For the second year in a row, a fl vulture, one of a migratory species protected by law, has laid her eggs inside the Ruscombe Mansion, a vacant, 1860s-era...
		The fl vulture escaped from her home at a wildlife centre during a training session on Saturday.
		For example Zorro, a fl vulture found in Hodges, SC, was fed dog food before she was brought to the center three weeks later.
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Black_Vulture.htm (1376 words)

	vulture bird
		The fl vulture is smaller and is fl.
		Vultures can fly effortlessly and are skillful at riding thermal updrafts of the mountains where it habitats, they also have keen sight.
		During the (Pleistocene epoch) period a vulture was the largest birds that ever existed, having a wingspan of 16 to 17 ft..
	www.animaltrial.com /vulturebird.html (252 words)

	Turkey Vulture Facts
		Turkey vultures were given their name because their featherless red head gives them the appearance of a turkey.
		Its purpose is to promote scientific studies of the life habits and needs of the Turkey Vulture, to protect the vulture and its habitat, and to inform the public of the valuable and essential services this bird provides to mankind and to the environment.
		Black Vultures, a more southern species, lack the graceful flight pattern of the Turkey Vulture and depend more on keen eyesight than sense of smell.
	vulturesociety.homestead.com /TVFacts.html (2833 words)

	Native American Vulture Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In many cases the vulture was one of the first animals to come down from the sky or to come from the old land into the new, much as the Watchers had done.
		That the vulture helped shape the land and bring light might suggest a similar theme to stories in which the Watchers introduced new technologies to the humans.
		In this tale, the vulture is one of the five animals (including spider, swallow, coyote and locust) to help the first Hopi find a way of bringing light to the fourth world, which they had just come to inhabit after failed attempts at survival in the other three.
	echoes.devin.com /watchers/vulture-tales.html (449 words)

	Black Vulture in Alabama
		ECOLOGY: Black vultures do not construct a nest and will sometimes lay their eggs on the ground under a bush, in thickets, in a hollow tree or log, in caves, or occasionally in abandoned buildings.
		Black vultures are ready to take their first flight at about 75 to 80 days old.
		Black vultures can often be found roosting with turkey vultures in large communal flocks containing as many as 1000 birds.
	www.outdooralabama.com /watchable-wildlife/what/Birds/herons/bv.cfm (539 words)

	The Virtual Zoo: Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Vulture is the common name for two groups of carrion-eating birds.
		The American vultures are similar to large birds of prey, but are probably more closely related to storks, with which they share some anatomical and behavioral features.
		The seven species of African vultures are the most familiar, but four closely related species are confined to Asia, and others reach southern Europe.
	library.thinkquest.org /11922/birds/vulture.htm (265 words)

	King Vulture: WhoZoo
		Wing feathers, and back side are fl; the head is orange, red, and blue; and the upper shoulders of the bird are mostly white.
		Vultures spend much of their time in the sun or preening their wings.
		King Vultures do not have feathers on their head to help stay clean by keeping most of the blood and body materials off of their body.
	www.whozoo.org /Anlife99/scottmen/newvulture.htm (366 words)

	Black Vultures Cases 1 and 2
		A hatchling Black Vulture from Tennessee was brought to The Wildlife Center when it was two days old.
		As soon as we stepped away from the nest area, the mother vulture returned, and took a guarding position over her new nestling.
		During that time the bird was screened from human contact and was fed with a fairly life-like hand puppet, but we were unable to supply it with social stimulus, other than some mirrors and a stuffed animal.
	www.awrc.org /blackvulturescase.htm (861 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The New World vultures, family Cathartidae, are superficially similar to large birds of prey, but are probably more closely related to storks, with which they share some anatomical and behavioral features.
		The American vultures also differ from the Old World group in that they have longitudinal, perforated nostrils without a partition and lack a voice, due to the absence of a syrinx.
		The largest North American vulture is the California condor, Gymnogyps californianus.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/vulture.html (290 words)

	Salt Grass Flats - Black Vulture
		With weak feet and blunt talons, Black Vultures are poor hunters but do catch, kill and eat small mammals, birds, fish and reptiles, as well as eggs and occassionally fruit.
		Black Vultures apparently mate for life and can often be seen in pairs.
		Black Vultures prefer open habitats rather than wooded areas and are more common in lowlands than in mountain areas.
	www.saltgrassflats.com /birds/black_vulture.html (371 words)

	Black Vulture - Whatbird.com
		National Geographic's Handheld Birds is the first North American multimedia software program to empower birders of all levels with easy-to-use, mobile, and interactive referencing capabilities via a PDA.
		Black Vulture: Large raptor, fl overall with short, featherless neck, pale bill, short and squared tail, and long, pale gray legs and feet.
		Black Vulture: Resident in southeastern U.S. and Texas, south to the tropics; preferred habitats include open country, but breeds in woodlands and thickets.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/827/_/Black_Vulture.aspx (460 words)

	VULTURES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The turkey vulture is one of the largest birds of prey in the USA, with a wingspan up to 1.8 metres.
		This feature distinguishes the turkey vulture from the fl vulture, which occurs locally in the southwestern deserts of the USA but which is much more common in southeastern USA.
		In desert regions, turkey vultures often roost in large groups on suitable trees and partly spread their wings to warm them in the early morning sun before taking to the air.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desertecology/vultures.htm (178 words)

	Eurasian Black Vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This bird is an Old World vulture, and is not related to the New World vultures which are in a separate family Cathartidae.
		It is therefore also unrelated to the American Black Vulture despite the similar name and coloration.
		Among the vultures in its range, the Eurasian Black Vulture is best equipped to tear open tough carcass skins, ably using its powerful bill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurasian_Black_Vulture (311 words)

	Binghamton Zoo Animals
		In the United States, fl vultures reside from western Texas east to Florida and north to Pennsylvania.
		Black vultures have smaller wings than turkey vultures, so they have to alternate flapping and gliding while soaring.
		Because they are proficient at maneuvering between buildings, fl vultures will often forage among cities and towns.
	www.rossparkzoo.com /animals/vulture.htm (189 words)

	Friends of Saguaro National Park - About Saguaro National Park: Black Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Turkey Vulture is also dark with an unfeathered head, but has a much different shape in flight.
		The Turkey Vulture is long-winged and long-tailed and flies with a pronounced dihedral angle to the wings.
		Turkey Vultures lack the white patch at the wingtips and show contrast between paler flight feathers and darker coverts.
	www.friendsofsaguaro.org /vulturesblack.html (152 words)

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