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Who dese?
Ever see them perch together?
The answer to the first question is a Black Vulture and a Turkey Vulture.
I had never seen just two of them perched together like this before, nor has Stiles Thomas.
Has anyone else?
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I have never seen them together either. The Turkey Vulture has a sharper sense of smell for carrion than the Black Vulture. So the Black Vultures tend to follow Turkey Vultures for food.
However, here, I suspect one is simply waiting for the other to electrocute himself!
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I have never seen them together either. The Turkey Vulture has a sharper sense of smell for carrion than the Black Vulture. So the Black Vultures tend to follow Turkey Vultures for food.
However, here, I suspect one is simply waiting for the other to electrocute himself!