Black Vultures, welcome to Florida

Black Vultures, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville Florida

My first day in Florida for the Space Coast Birding and Nature Festival, and we barely had time, between the airport, checkin at the hotel, and checkin at the Birding Festival, to spend a half hour at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge to see if we could find some birds to photograph. These two Black Vultures were hanging out at the Visitor Center. They were having a drink from the pond pretty much right under the boardwalk. One eventually flew up and landed on the boardwalk rail about 6 feet from us. That is as close as I want to see a vulture, thank you very much. Sony RX10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode. 1/250th @ f4 @ ISO 125. Processed in Polarr.

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