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A Black Vulture story - The next Generat
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Rolf Becker (rbeckerb)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Black & White |
| Date Taken: 2007-04-03 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Exposure: f/3.3, 1/125 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-09-13 18:58 |
| Viewed: 447 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
A Black Vulture story - The next Generation
We Black Vultures are monogamous breeders that hatch one brood once every year. Our courtship activities involve chasing, flying high into the air, spiraling down, dancing on the ground, and bumping chests.
We do not use materials to build our nests. The female lays 1 to 3 pale grey-green or pale blue with brown spots or blotches eggs in hollow bases of trees or stumps at a height of 10 -- 15 feet, on the floor of shallow caves, on the floor of abandoned farm buildings, on cliff edges, on the ground under dense vegetation, in holes under rocks, in hollow logs, and in crevices in city buildings in open lowlands, highlands, and garbage dumps. The same "nest" can be used for several consecutive years.
Both parents incubate eggs for 32 to 55 days. Tomorrow you will see how we, just hatched chicks, look like |
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Bonjour Rolf,
risky business? The parents leave the nest or you take risks when approaching that they can charge you? Good interesting shot. Congratulations!
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