817-406853 - Adult lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus or bearded vulture of more than seven years old, in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain
817-406852 - Adult lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus or bearded vulture of more than seven years old, in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain
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
979-2695 - Adult turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) feeding near a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) carcass on Los Islotes in Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-2697 - Adult turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) feeding near a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) carcass on Los Islotes in Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-2696 - Adult turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) feeding near a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) carcass on Los Islotes in Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
979-2698 - Adult turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) feeding near a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) carcass on Los Islotes in Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.
83-12418 - South American black vulture (Coragyps atratus brasiliensis), a common scavenger, river mouth near Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America
817-128324 - White-Backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) and Ruppell's Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) (bird on the right), resting on a termite mound after feeding, Massai Mara, Kenya
817-34759 - Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), Quarrel between two Lappet-faced Vultures at the carcass of a Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchelli) and the present White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Chobe National Park, Botswana.
817-34760 - Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), Arriving at the carcass of a Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchelli) and the already present White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Chobe National Park, Botswana.
764-1429 - Immature African white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) atop a Cape buffalo (African buffalo) (Syncerus caffer) carcass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
764-1428 - RuppellÕs griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) atop a Cape buffalo (African buffalo) (Syncerus caffer) carcass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa