Turkey Vulture Images, Facts and Information:
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- Turkey vultures are large, dark brown birds with bald, red heads and pale bills with white tips.
- Turkey Vultures are scavengers and will soar in the air until their keen sense of smell detects dead animals also known as carrion. They will also eat lizards, fish, small mammals and invertebrates.
- Turkey Vultures are migratory. During the warmer months they can be found in most areas of the U.S. and extreme southern Canada. They winter in the southern U.S. plus Mexico, Central and South America.
- Turkey Vultures lay 1 to 3 eggs which hatch in 38 to 41 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of vultures can be called a “meal”, “vortex”, “wake”, “committee” or “cast” of vultures. Nicknames include “turkey buzzard”, “John Crow” and “carrion crow”.
- Turkey Vultures can live up to 17 years or more.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Turkey Vulture photos.
Turkey Vulture at Whiskey Creek Lake
Title: Turkey Vulture at Whiskey Creek Lake
Location: Tishomingo Wildlife Management Unit, Oklahoma
Date: 5/18/2024
Turkey Vulture at Tishomingo NWR
Title: Turkey Vulture at Tishomingo NWR
Location: Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Johnston County, Oklahoma
Date: 5/11/2024
Adult Turkey Vulture at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge, Johnston County, Oklahoma
Date: 5/11/2024
First of season Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County
Title: First of season Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2023
First of season Turkey Vulture on a lichen covered rock
Title: First of season Turkey Vulture on a lichen covered rock
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/19/2023
Turkey Vulture on a juniper stump
Title: Turkey Vulture on a juniper stump
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 8/8/2022
Turkey Vulture with an open bill
Title: Turkey Vulture with an open bill
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/1/2022
Roosting first of year Turkey Vulture
Title: Roosting first of year Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/1/2022
Turkey Vulture getting ready to lift off
Title: Turkey Vulture getting ready to lift off
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021
Fluffy Turkey Vulture and blooming sunflowers
Title: Fluffy Turkey Vulture and blooming sunflowers
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021
Yawning Turkey Vulture showing its tongue
Title: Yawning Turkey Vulture showing its tongue
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021
Turkey Vulture showing its tongue
Title: Turkey Vulture showing its tongue
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021
Turkey Vulture in front of blooming sunflowers
Title: Turkey Vulture in front of blooming sunflowers
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021
Late summer Turkey Vulture on a metal pipe
Title: Late summer Turkey Vulture on a metal pipe
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/15/2021
Turkey Vulture perched in a Quaking Aspen
Title: Turkey Vulture perched in a Quaking Aspen
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2021
Spring Turkey Vulture warming up in morning light
Title: Spring Turkey Vulture warming up in morning light
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/27/2021
Three Turkey Vultures and a lichen covered rock
Title: Three Turkey Vultures and a lichen covered rock
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/11/2020
Two Turkey Vultures on a spring morning
Title: Two Turkey Vultures on a spring morning
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/11/2020
Spring Turkey Vulture on a fence post
Title: Spring Turkey Vulture on a fence post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/8/2020
Adult Turkey Vulture warming up on a ranch gate
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture warming up on a ranch gate
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/8/2020