In Flight: White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus (Gyps africanus)

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  MarkVanWyk

• Mar 6, 2012

Amazing flight image Carole-Anne...looks like this belongs on a post card.

 

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  Carole-Anne

• Mar 6, 2012

Thank you Mark

 

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  Digiscoper321

• Mar 6, 2012

Excellent shot,like the BG you managed here,always nice with both ground and sky. Nice work.

 

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  Marysan

• Mar 6, 2012

Well done, Carole-Anne, excellent in flight capture, thanks!

 

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  Carole-Anne

• Mar 9, 2012

Thank you Folks

 

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  GordonH

• Mar 9, 2012

Hi Carole-Anne
Lovely flight shot and I love the way the wing tips are bending under the strain of the flight. I would question the id of the bird which I think may be a juvenile Ruppell's Vulture (White-backed also a possibility) rather than a Hooded vulture. Note the heavy bill.

 

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  Carole-Anne

• Mar 9, 2012

Thanks everyone.
Yes, Gordon, I believe it is a juvenile White-backed Vulture (will change the title etc. promptly). Your comments confirm the info I received from another source. Thanks indeed.
Carole-Anne