Monday was a good day for vultures. It was warm and sunny and there must have been lots of thermal updrafts on which to soar. For a short while, a mixed group of turkey vultures and black vultures circles over my head and I couldn’t help but admire again their impressive wingspans. Remembering the response of my fellow photographer and blogger Lyle Krahn to a previous posting I did on vultures, I made sure that I moved around from time to time. He commented, “If I saw that many vultures overhead, I’d be checking my pulse!”
The lighting was pretty interesting that day, for it illuminated one wing more than another, giving the birds an asymmetrical look. I decided to post a similar shot of each of the two types of vultures so that you can see some of the differences between the two.
Turkey vulture
Black vulture
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Mike Powell 
great photos!
Glad to see you moving around!! I haven’t seen those birds but they sure have an impressive wingspan. So … good day for seeing vultures or good day for vultures to show up?
Amazing birds indeed, well caught Mike.