{"id":12159,"date":"2025-03-21T22:44:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T22:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/?p=12159"},"modified":"2025-04-06T14:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T14:51:28","slug":"vulture-club-celebrates-unofficial-campus-mascots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/vulture-club-celebrates-unofficial-campus-mascots\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulture club celebrates unofficial campus mascots"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Watching the nestlings grow and take flight brings joy to amateur birders across the university<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tucked away in a secluded courtyard on the second floor of the Dental School Building, two parent vultures have <a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/theyre-back-black-vultures-return-to-raise-their-young\/\">returned to raise their newest brood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The parents may not realize it, but over the years, they\u2019ve drawn much attention from captivated members of the university community, eliciting smiles and uniting colleagues interested in the well-being of the close-knit family.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the vultures have become such an attraction, they spurred the creation of an informal vulture club in past years, bringing staff together for excursions to check on the vulture family\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>It started with a coffee run<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12162\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12162\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Group-resized-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the unofficial vulture club of 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What began as an almost daily break to get coffee turned into a gathering of friends with a common hobby: observing the black vultures as they attentively raised their newest brood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur colleague, she was very creative and she loved [the black vultures],\u201d recalled vulture club member Christopher Espinoza, director of admissions, School of Nursing. \u201cShe liked Starbucks a lot, so we went [there] probably every day. That\u2019s how it kind of started. On the walk is when we would stop and see them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The colleague suggested that the group of six give the unofficial campus mascots backstories and names.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe parents were named Vendetta and Fabian and had a backstory that they met during Fiesta,\u201d said vulture club member Natalia Arandia, associate budget analyst, Department of Emergency Medicine. They also called the garden area where the vultures nested <em>Rancho Ojo de Buitre<\/em> \u2014 loosely translated to \u201cEye of the Vulture Ranch\u201d \u2014 and named the 2021 babies Beto and Mari.<\/p>\n<p>The backstories helped the club members feel especially connected to their feathered friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, coming up with the whole backstory made it more interesting because then it felt like they were part of the family,\u201d Espinoza said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12163\" style=\"width: 158px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12163\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-1160x1536.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-1546x2048.jpg 1546w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-350x464.jpg 350w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Baby-Shower-Setup-donuts-cropped-scaled.jpg 1933w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby vulture shower goodies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For Arandia, being a member of the vulture club was a bonding experience as a new employee in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that helped for us to become [closer and] more of a group,\u201d Arandia said.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Next came a party<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The group was so invested in the vulture family they held a baby shower for the brood in 2021. Sitting at the small table in the courtyard, far enough away so as not to disturb the new family, club members brought cupcakes and donuts to celebrate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12164\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12164\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-1536x1141.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-2048x1521.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-350x260.jpg 350w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/Beto-Mari-Sunbathing-cropped-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beto and Mari sunbathing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The vulture club was most active in 2021 and 2022. As time passed, some members moved on from the university. Those remaining on campus visit the vultures periodically and continue to delight in seeing the transformation of the nestlings each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven when they\u2019re babies and you see their feathers start to change and you see them walking around and then trying to fly, [it\u2019s] just cool to see them growing up really before our eyes,\u201d Espinoza said.<\/p>\n<p>Having that shared experience provided not only a sense of belonging within the club, but also a special respect for the black vultures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching the family gives you a whole different idea about vultures,\u201d Arandia said.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/ArydlRefhZg\">video<\/a> of the black vulture parent feeding its young in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/burpY2Salz0\">video<\/a> of one of the nestlings honing its flying technique.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The black vulture 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