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Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus.
Permanent resident, usually in small numbers and not widely distributed in the region. Much less numerous than the Turkey Vulture. A population has been known for a number of years from the Rudy area of Crawford County where the species nests in the same cliffs as the Turkey Vulture. Eggs were seen in a nest in the cliffs above Devil's Den State Park in March 1985. A total of 45 birds were in a roost with Turkey Vultures above the White River south of Sonora in Washington County on December 15, 1984. Black Vultures are also seen regularly in the Cricket Creek area of Table Rock Lake and near Lincoln Lake where 30 were kettling on September 13, 1987.

Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura.
Common permanent resident. The population drops during severe weather of mid-winter, especially during December and January. The species concentrates in the vicinity of poultry houses where farmers spread dead chickens in open fields, as well as in areas where high south or southeast - facing cliffs facilitate soaring. An estimate 200 "plus" were seen as they went to roost near Maysville in Benton County on March 21, 1985, and a total of 243 were counted in a major poultry producing section of the same county on october 2, 1985.

Osprey, Pandion haliaetus.
March 16 to May 27 and September 9 to November 21. Uncommon but regular transient in small numbers. During the 1980s, there have been several summer records. One of these involved two birds seen repeatedly in summer of 1981 in the Prairie Creek area of Beaver Lake. Two were seen at Rocky Branch on Beaver Lake July 19, 1986. No nests have been reported to date.