V-34 Black Vulture Size:7.5" x 9.5" 600 miles each fall from

600 miles each fall from its breeding grounds in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada

and within 50 years extended its range across the entire state except for the Trans-Pecos and the Panhandle

In a one-on-one battle

It prefers to feed along streams and around lakes

farmers and hunters eliminated most of the whooping cranes and their habitat

V-34 Black Vulture Size:7.5" x 9.5" 600 miles each fall fromBlack Vulture This stocky, short tailed, black headed vulture is a scavenger of hot humid country, including forested areas. It is weak clawed and must eat when and where it finds a carcass. This image is from the Charles Beckendorf Texas Wildlife book. The original was an acrylic painting on canvas (1992) and the size is approximately 7. 5 X 9. 5 inches. This is a part of the Texas Wildlife Art Prints Collection.