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corvidaemnit · 27 days
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every single day I think about how american black vultures are known for engaging in interspecific allopreening (preening between different species)
and they have a specific relationship with crested caracaras, in which the black vultures assist them by not only preening them after meals but also leading them to food in the first place— due to their superior sense of smell— while the caracaras assist the black vultures by acting as a warning signal in case of danger
and while this is more typical of black vultures, this is not common at all for any member of the falconidae family— it’s a special bond!
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yet another post in favor of vultures everyone , hope you enjoy:) and I implore you to do some more research on these incredible birds !!
EDIT: I meant interspecific allopreening! excuse my typo!
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fyanimaldiversity · 11 months
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Leucistic black vulture (Coragyps atratus)
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brushie-photo · 3 months
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Black Vulture
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great-and-small · 4 months
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sweet lil vulture yawn on a brisk afternoon
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feather-bone · 1 year
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Black vulture. They like the trees near me so i see them regularly. I occasionally see them perched on peoples’ roofs in groups of 10-30 or so, sunbathing with their wings outstretched or preening or socializing.
[ID: an illustration of a black vulture perched on an antler, surrounded by blue and white flowers on a pink background. End.] r
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microwsoftpaint · 5 months
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0.004 i lied to you a bit with my blog's ms paint theme. sketchbook jumpscare
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odetoscavengers · 2 years
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Vultures
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violetsandshrikes · 21 days
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as a vulture lover, one of their more iconic recent moments was that time they majorly disrupted a US customs and border protection radio tower in texas in 2020
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theirs now
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ridiculousbirdfaces · 2 months
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Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
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corvidaemnit · 5 months
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hi I’m ten seconds away from bawling my eyes out what the fuck why is it so thing ITS LITERALLY FULL OF LOVE AND JOY AND NICE I’m gonna be sick.
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baby black vulture. I’m in fucking shambles. “vultures are ugly vultures are scary mimimimi” FUCK YOU THAT THING IS LITERALLY LOVE.
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blue0909 · 6 months
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Vulture stimboard!!!!!!!!!!
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greyramblings · 2 years
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Going thru old photos, saw these two again.
Have some sweetheart vultures, as a treat.
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great-and-small · 4 months
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When you're trying to enjoy some seafood without getting your wings too wet
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asherelbein · 1 year
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Earlier this summer, I met a very curious pair of Black vultures in a Central Texas state park These carrion eating birds are peaceable creatures with excellent eyesight and a sociable disposition. (A friend of mine who runs a bird sanctuary with several rescue vultures told me that wild birds occasionally turn up to hang out on the roof of their aviary.) Usually, Black vultures are wary of people. These two...were not.
Eventually they decided I wasn't that interesting--I was annoyingly alive, for one thing -- and went on to do a bit of sun-worshipping instead.
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Delightful creatures, vultures. They get a bad rap.
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swoopingsilver · 5 months
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Okay, this is…way outside of my usual.
First of all, animal tax for taking your time (more photos further down I can’t format worth anything lol)
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I volunteer with a local wildlife rehabilitation center. The only state, federal, and USDA licensed one in the upper 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle, although we have cared for animals from all over the state. We’ve had everything from half-tamed bengal cats come in from a hoarder’s house to a million and one orphaned starlings in our doors.
There’s always a lot of animals, no matter what, because unfortunately the education towards wildlife in this area is exceedingly poor and most people are either afraid of most animals or see them as nothing more than pests. We’ve had a fair number of animals shot, poisoned, trapped, the parents killed and then the land/homeowner finds the nest of babies…the list goes on.
To combat this, we have always pushed education. We have programs all across the area, we go to schools and churches and scout groups. We’re currently working on building an education building, both to give our educational ambassadors larger and nicer habitats to live in and to have a place to hold events for the community. As the founder of the center always says, “You can’t love what you don’t know”.
This building is by no means cheap. We’re getting close to having it fully funded, but we’re short by several thousand dollars.
Currently, we are having our biggest donation drive of the year, and our goal is to try to have most of the education building paid off from this. We’re also having a bit of a friendly competition among the volunteers to see who can get the most donations.
The best part of this is no matter how small the donation may be, we have donors who are going to amplify the donations. So even if you only give a small amount, it will be worth a lot more!
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To donate, go here.
Thank you in advance to everyone who gives or reblogs to spread this!
The promised animal tax:
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cryingmadam · 4 months
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American Black Vulture
Taken By Crying Madam | CM
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