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  1. nartreb

    Black Vulture? (location inside a plane's cockpit, otherwise unknown; mildly gruesome)

    Small aircraft cruise speed: around 75 mph. Vulture soaring speed: around 20 mph.
  2. nartreb

    Black Vulture? (location inside a plane's cockpit, otherwise unknown; mildly gruesome)

    yeah, ebird shows no condor sightings at all in that province (it's mostly very flat floodplains, as the name sort of implies). But Black Vulture is very numerous, at least in parts of the province. (Also, I like to think I would have noticed if the bird was condor-sized).
  3. nartreb

    Black Vulture? (location inside a plane's cockpit, otherwise unknown; mildly gruesome)

    Seems a reasonable guess. Not sure I can rule out a turkey vulture - or even a large chicken- with an unusual leg color, but that seems less likely. (Especially the chicken - they don't fly very high.) The pilot seems to be wearing an industrial-strength air filter mask, which I don't think...
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