New Bird Alert: American Black Vulture

Isn't this the cutest Black Vulture you've ever seen? American Black Vultures are carrion-eating scavengers that live across the southern U.S. and into South America. This is our totally cute Birdorable version of the American Black Vulture, perched on a sign in Florida:
Birdorable Black Vulture in Florida

Comments

Michelle on April 25, 2011 at 9:46 AM wrote:
It is very cute vulture! But then I realized in 2007, more than a dozen Florida panthers were killed by vehicles, so the vulture on that particlular sign made me sad. But it reinforced my awareness, right?
Louise Warner on February 26, 2017 at 2:19 PM wrote:
kind of uh? he he!

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