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Thermoregulating Turkey Vulture Close Up

By Mia McPherson|April 11th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Turkey Vultures, Utah|Tags: adult, behavior, birds of prey, Cathartes aura, close up, fence posts, horaltic pose, portrait, posture, raptors, roosted, sage, sagebrush, spring, thermoregulating, thermoregulating posture, Turkey Vulture, vulture, vultures, warm up, wings extended, wooden posts|

Mornings have still been fairly chilly here in northern Utah and the Turkey Vultures that recently arrived on spring migration have been taking advantage of the rising sun by thermoregulating to help chase off the chill.