Animal keeper Mike Clark gives Los Angeles Zoo visitors a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
GRIFFITH PARK – Know your vultures. That was the theme at the L.A. Zoo on Saturday — International Vulture Awareness Day.
It was a day to showcase the bird — from its scavenging personality to what Zoo officials say is the animal’s importance to the health of ecosystems around the world.
Animal keeper Mike Clark gives Los Angeles Zoo visitors a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Abe Phillips,4, works on a condor necklace. Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo got a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Animal keeper Mike Clark gives Los Angeles Zoo visitors a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Animal keeper Mike Clark gives Los Angeles Zoo visitors a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo got a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
A man looks at lifesize wing span of a California Condor. Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo got a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Animal keeper Mike Clark gives Los Angeles Zoo visitors a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Animal keeper Mike Clark gives Los Angeles Zoo visitors a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Feathers and replicas of bone and condor eggs. Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo got a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
Volunteer Mary Rascon takes a photo while Animal keeper Mike Clark gives Los Angeles Zoo visitors a close up view of Cacique, a King Vulture from Central and South America. Visitors learned about California Condors, and vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day in Los Angeles on September 1, 2018. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)
