WALK7923 Apr 12 2015  08-22-16  Haw RiverVulture beer 2I was sitting across the river when I took this photo this morning. The black vulture had flown in, poked at the beer can, but then began working on the fish skeleton. As a veterinarian I don’t believe that animals, wild or domestic should have alcohol. As a citizen I was upset that people had littered the riverbank with trash and cans –
not to mention that alcohol is forbidden anywhere on Jordan Lake, or federal property on the Haw River.

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This pair of black vultures had been mutually grooming each other when they both looked up and past me.  I turned and looked the same direction but my human eyesight could not see what their avian eyes could.

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Vultures often gently groom each other.
The soothing effect can be seen in the expression of the black vulture to your right – it is half asleep.