Hooded Vulture taking off, side view

Hooded vulture flying, side view, wings down

Hooded Vulture flying side view, wings out flat

Hooded Vulture flying, side view, wings up

A few photos of ‘Toto’ from today at #SuffolkOwls, the stunning 2 year old Hooded #Vulture born at the Sanctuary to Jack and Rose 🥳.. #Conservation 📷🪶
#Vultureawarenessday #IVAD2025
#Nature #Birds #Raptors #Photography #Smile #ECK #MentalHealthAwareness

Black vulture with characteristic V-shaped wings soaring against a dark blue sky. Its head is red and featherless, and its beak is gray.

Turkey vulture flying low over my house in California for #VultureAwarenessDay
#bird #photography #IVAD2025
#InternationalVultureAwarenessDay

On this #VultureAwarenessDay
#InternationalVultureAwarenessDay #IVAD2025 a bit of fun😁
What’s Your Wingspan?
Naturally, I did check mine against the board. And I’m a
White-Backed Vulture 😎 2m exactly..🦍! 😊
Can anyone beat that!! So get your tape measures out😁 📷🪶☀️
#Fun #Vultures #Birds #Photography

Share a vulture? Don’t mind if I do…

#ivad2025

A turkey vulture perched on a gate post in front of tall green trees

Turkey vulture and redwood

She looks at the camera

She stands tall

For International Vulture Day, here's a lovely turkey vulture who was waiting on the gate post to my pasture last spring. This was a thrilling sighting of a handsome bird. She stayed there a while!
#ivad2025

#IVAD2025

A Blsck vulture stands on a drive-thru curb. It is an all-black bird with a bald head.

It’s International Vulture Awareness Day! Here’s a Black vulture that was chilling at the Taco Bell drive-thru. Black vultures feed on everything from dead animals to coconuts (and even in Dumpsters), helping to reduce waste and illness spread. #IVAD2025 🪶

Closeup of a baby king vulture looking down at the viewer

Hey!
Did you know it's the best day of the year? International Vulture Day is here!!
It's a day to celebrate, share & support vultures, the most endangered (and misunderstood) family of birds in the world.
Take a moment to share a vulture with someone just how cool and important they are!
#ivad2025

Close up of adult Cape Griffon vulture

Close up of adult Andean condor

Close up of juvenile hooded vulture

It’s #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay, so let’s make a fuss of these phenomenal birds! I took these at the Horstmann Trust last year, and will tell their stories in my (nearly finished!) new book... They deserve so much more recognition for all they do, and up close are utterly charming 😍 #IVAD2025

#Vultures provide US$1.8 billion in ecosystem services annually in Southern #Africa alone, yet they face critical threats. #BirdLife Partnership is taking action across the continent to ensure a future for these vital species.

#IVAD2025 #SaveAfricasVultures