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Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Birds

Rio grande zoo has an amazing scavenger exhibit featuring 2 vulture species, a stork, spur winged goose, and wattled cranes (a pair of white necked ravens are waiting for an exhibit that is less prone to kids sticking their fingers into)

Cape griffon vulture
Gyps coprotheres
Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque NM

*Guard-of-the-Citadel Sep 9, 2012 Photographer

Marvelous wingspan that they have and quite pretty too!

*DeeOtter Sep 9, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I think vultures have some of the longest wing spans, with I think the Andean condor having the longest (I need to brush up on wing spans, I know that some sea birds have really long wings).
These guys are awesome. Kinda wish the aviary didn't have the little cage to walk through, but it does add quite an experience with the vulture sitting on top of the walk through part (the section that this guy is standing on) and having them stare down at you.

It freaks a lot of people out. Most people who HAVE to go through this part of the zoo run through it without stopping.