Vultures

Vultures — page 1 — LIVING WILD Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Mary Herrmann Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Alamy JJM Stock Photography Luc Novovitch Chetan Rangaraj Emmanuel Rondeau Dreamstime Paul Banton Basphoto Bpperry Evajoy Anton Foltin Franky Juan Pablo Fuentes Serrano Hans232 Neil Harrison Hdanne Holger Karius Lijuan Guo Lukas Maton Stephen Meese Derrick Neill Netfalls Amy Nicolai Oksanaphoto Tanja Pals South12th Stefanov764 Graham Taylor Karin Van Ijzendoorn Peter Wey Paul Wolf Kim Worrell Getty Images Gerry Ellis Win McNamee Tom Vezo iStockphoto Judith Bicking Waltraud Ingerl David Kerkhoff Tobias Müller Graeme Purdy Berndt Vorwold Shutterstock Nick Biemans Nazzu Janet Quantrill Nickolay Stanev Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gish Melissa Vultures by Melissa Gish p cm Living wild Includes bibliographical references and index Summary A look at vultures including their habitats physical characteristics such as their bald heads behaviors relationships with humans and persecuted status in the world today ISBN 978-1-60818-171-1 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-133-7 eBook 1 Vultures Juvenile literature I Title QL696 F32G575 2012 598 9’4 dc23 2011035795 First Edition 987654321 CREATIVE EDUCATION

Vultures — page 2 — VULTURES Melissa Gish

Vultures — page 3 — It is late July in southern Arizona’s Saguaro National Park and the scorching

Vultures — page 4 — sun bakes the rocky earth Four turkey vultures circle in the cloudless sky

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