Unlike some other types of birds, black vulture populations have been ... wildlife extension specialist at West Virginia University. "Their defecation and pecking behavior is problematic." ...

The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of freedom, was increasingly being replaced by the black slave.

These birds nest in the Caribbean Islands ... the coasts of Colombia and Panama to the outer continental shelf off of Virginia, traveling as far as 420 miles in a single day. Yet black-capped petrels ...