Roadkill patrol
A black vulture hopeful that dinner will appear on the road below. I thought this would make a good poster for a horror movie. Tampa, Florida. I was driving home from a photo shoot and saw this guy standing on a highway light fixture and thought it would make a good shot so i stopped and went for it.
The black vulture, also known as the American black vulture, Mexican vulture, zopilote, urubu, or gallinazo, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Peru, Central Chile and Uruguay in South America, and common throughout Brazil where it can be seen in large scavenging groups. Although a common and widespread species, it has a somewhat more restricted distribution than its compatriot, the turkey vulture, which breeds well into Canada and.. more
