This one was at the top of a hill above the tree tops way on the other side of the road and was quite a ways up in the air. I used shutter priority and held down the AE and locked in the bird and hoped for the best. I normally do not use SP, but this seemed like a good time to give it a try. I was a little concerned the 51 focus points would lock on to the trees, but was pretty excited to just keep firing away and hope for the best.
This Greater Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes melambrotus, was photographed in Peru, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.siwild.si.edu/wild.cfm?fid=5493779946
Summary[edit] Description: Seventy-five of the world’s 439 condors live throughout northern Arizona and southern Utah, and within the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument managed by the BLM's National Conservation Lands. Photo Credit: Arizona Game and Fish. Date: 8 August 2013, 17:07. Source: Condors on the Rise. Author: Bureau of Land Management.
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Summary[edit] Description: Description Cathartes aura, Turkey Vulture. Date November 02, 2002 Location Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, California Photographer Franco Folini. Date: 13 March 2006 (original upload date). Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. Folini assumed (based on copyright claims).