BLACK VULTURES / BUITRE NEGROS / MUNKEGRIBB

Black vulture

D4, 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/2000, ISO 3600

As some of you may have noticed(?) I was in Spanish Pyrenees in November to "shoot" lammergeier. I have already posted a lammergeier blog and also some stuff on Facebook. However, when you`re spending days in a hide by an old carcass in the Pyrenee mountains, other birds do show up as well, and one of the most impressive ones is definitely the black vulture .. with wingspan up to 3,0 m !! Approx 1000 pairs remain as the total European population …. and the trend is unfortunately : negative. The bird was previously extint in the Pyrenee-regionbut has now been successfully reintroduced. I am delighted to show you some go my : 

Pyrenee Buitre Negros !!    

Black vulture flirt

D4, 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/2000, ISO 800

The black vulture in the shade with afternoon sun on yellow grass in the back gives this special effect D4, 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/1250, ISI 1250

Wingspan : 3,0 m !! (picture from Extremadura 2012)

Griffon vulture (gåsegribb) & black vulture (lammegribb)

D4, 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/2000, ISO 900

Portrait of griffon vulture (gåsegribb)

Griffon vultures

D4, 200-400 4,0, f/5,0, 1/2000, ISO 900 

Griffon vulture (gåsegribb)

D4, 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/2000, ISO 1600

Young lammergeier (lammegribb)

D4, 600 4,0, f/4,5, 1/1250, ISO 2500

GPS lammergeier

D4, 600 4,0, f/4,0, 1/1600, ISO 5000

Adult lammergeier (lammegribb)

D4, 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/640, ISO 560

Pyrenee accomodation