Black Vulture Portrait - WInged Ambassadors

by Dawn Currie

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Black Vulture Portrait - WInged Ambassadors

Artist

Dawn Currie

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Photograph - Digital

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Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie – Alternate title "Up Close and Personal". Portrait of a Black Vulture, part of Winged Ambassadors Portfolio. This portfolio is in honor of our Winged Ambassadors, rescued birds that must remain in captivity due to injuries or imprinting on humans. Now they serve to educate the public regarding what we can do to protect our wildlife. As a nature photographer and wildlife rehab volunteer, these birds hold a special place in my heart. Completed as a fundraiser, I strove to capture portraits that celebrated their unique beauty. A portion of all proceeds will go to the Florida Wildlife Hospital and Sanctuary in Palm Shores, Florida and to the Avian Reconditioning Center in Apopka, Florida.

Awards and PSA International Exhibitions:
- Photographic Society of America Bronze Portfolio Distinction
- 2017 DIGA Circuit, Atlanta, Peachtree, Rome and Woodstock salons

Featured on Fine Art America/Pixels:
- A Birding Group - Wings
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- Camera Art
- Collectors Gallery
- Created By Southern Artists
- FAA Portraits - Birds
- New FAA Uploads
- Pure Nature Photography
- Showcasing The South
- Wildlife

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus): Large raptor, black overall, short, featherless neck, pale bill, short and squared tail, long, pale gray legs and feet. Gray-black skin on head and neck is wrinkled. White-tipped wings, held horizontal in flight. Soars on thermals, must flap its wings more often than a Turkey Vulture.

Black Vulture: Resident species in much of the southeastern states from Texas to New York and Connecticut. It also occurs in southern Arizona, throughout much of Mexico and south into the tropics. Its range is expanding further into the northeast. Its preferred habitats include open country, but they breed in woodlands and thickets.

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February 15th, 2018

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