

This Blog is in Memory of a rare Black Vulture in Maine
In late June, sitting on the ground under the trees, a vulture was found in the middle of the Island on Indian Trail. The bird was easily approached which is not a good sign, plus it is unusual to find a vulture on the ground, not at a carcass, and under a thick forest canopy. On closer inspection, after observing the bird for three days with no change in location or behavior, a lesion was seen around the left eye that could be either an injury or a sinus infection (1). The b