83-12920 - South American black vulture (Coragyps brasiliensis) eating dead fish on a popular beach, Santa Teresa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America
764-5143 - Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in flight on approach to landing, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
764-5139 - Rupellss griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii), Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
764-5142 - Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in mixed juvenile and adult plumage with a prize from a wildebeest kill, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
764-5138 - Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) with wings spread, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Serengeti, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
764-5058 - Ruppells griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) adult and immature at a wildebeest carcass, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
1185-102 - Red-headed vulture (Asian king vulture) (Indian black vulture) (Pondicherry vulture) (Sarcogyps calvus), Ranthambhore, Rajasthan, India, Asia
832-367884 - Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to southern Europe and Central Asia, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-367883 - Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to southern Europe and Central Asia, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-368133 - Cinereous Vulture, Black Vulture or Monk Vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to Southern Europe and Central Asia, in captivity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-367885 - Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to southern Europe and Central Asia, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
832-368068 - White-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis, Aegypius occipitalis), detailed view of the plumage, found in Africa, captive, France, Europe
764-4178 - Ruppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) approaches a black-backed jackal (silver-backed jackal) (Canis mesomelas) at a blue wildebeest calf kill, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
83-12644 - South American black vulture, a common scavenger, at a river mouth; Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America
1196-182 - Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet