CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Black vultures gather at dawn at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's Environmental Management Branch monitors the movement and activity of about 250 black and turkey vultures using satellite trackers and radio transmitters. Kennedy coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, habitat to more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fish and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date December 17, 2010