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CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL VULTURE AWARENESS DAY
Posted on the 30th August 2021The first Saturday in September has been International Vulture Awareness Day for several years now. We decided to celebrate this occasion by posting a selection of images of these magnificent birds taken by Andre Botha, members of BirdLife Overberg and one other.
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| Let's do our utmost to keep African skies look like this. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Lappet-faced Vulture with landing gear out. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Alert pair. Image by Andre Botha |
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| In the Kgalagadi TFP. Image by Anton |
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| Immature White-headed Vulture. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Female White-headed Vulture in flight. Image by Anton |
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| And landing. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Cape Vulture passing by. Image by Carin Malan |
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| Approaching a carcass. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Cape Vulture profile. Image by Andre Bothat |
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| Very pale individual. Image by MC Botha |
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| Cape Vulture pair. Image by Charles Naude |
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| White-backed Vulture about to land. Image by Andre Botha |
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| White-backed Vulture profile. Image by Andre Botha |
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| A very dark individual. Image by Anton |
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| Adult Bearded Vulture in flight. Image by Ashley Smith |
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| Immature and adult Hooded Vultures. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Hooded Vulture. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Adult Bearded Vulture in flight. Image by Carin Malan |
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| Immature Bearded Vulture. Image by Carin Malan |
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| Adult Bearded Vulture flying past at Giant's Castle. Image by Carin Malan |
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| Young adult Bearded Vulture. Image by Ashley Smith |
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| Immature Bearded Vulture. Image by Ashley Smith |
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| Adult Palmnut Vulture. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Immature Egyptian Vulture. Image by Andre Botha |
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| Adult Egyptian Vulture. Image by Vishal Monakar |
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