turkey vulture
noun
: an American vulture (Cathartes aura) with a red head and whitish bill
called also turkey buzzard
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The 2017 eclipse also inspired two animal behaviorists to study its impact on turkey vultures at the Joseph A. Sgaggero Memorial Park in Dover Plains, New York, on Aug. 21, 2017, as documented in a March 2018 article in The Kingbird, a quarterly journal devoted to New York State ornithology.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
Within a day, turkey vultures had found 23 of them.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
At a quick glance from a distance this large bird could have been a turkey vulture or dark morph hawk perched in a tree next to my route.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
The sub-permits cover black vultures, not turkey vultures, which are also common in Alabama and are distinguishable by their red heads.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 July 2023
Females are typically slightly larger than male turkey vultures, but coloration is the same in adult birds.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
While the turkey vulture tends to forage alone, other vultures will gather to feed on a large animal carcass.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
To explore problem-solving in turkey vultures, researchers applied the classic string-pulling test.
—Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
Black vultures’ wingspan can be up to 5 feet, and turkey vultures’ up to 6 feet. Are vultures dangerous?
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
Within a day, turkey vultures had found 23 of them.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
At a quick glance from a distance this large bird could have been a turkey vulture or dark morph hawk perched in a tree next to my route.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
The sub-permits cover black vultures, not turkey vultures, which are also common in Alabama and are distinguishable by their red heads.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 July 2023
Females are typically slightly larger than male turkey vultures, but coloration is the same in adult birds.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
While the turkey vulture tends to forage alone, other vultures will gather to feed on a large animal carcass.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
To explore problem-solving in turkey vultures, researchers applied the classic string-pulling test.
—Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
Black vultures’ wingspan can be up to 5 feet, and turkey vultures’ up to 6 feet. Are vultures dangerous?
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
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