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.
Regal looking Turkey Vulture
Title: Regal looking Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/3/2017
Turkey Vulture perched on a red ranch gate
Title: Turkey Vulture perched on a red ranch gate
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/3/2017
Turkey Vulture walking on a red gate
Title: Turkey Vulture walking on a red gate
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/3/2017
Resting Turkey Vulture and a red gate
Title: Resting Turkey Vulture and a red gate
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/3/2017
Turkey Vulture perched on an orange post
Title: Turkey Vulture perched on an orange post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/3/2017
Turkey Vulture on a grassy hillside
Title: Turkey Vulture on a grassy hillside
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/29/2017
Turkey Vulture with nictitating membrane showing
Title: Turkey Vulture with nictitating membrane showing
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/10/2017
Turkey Vulture roosting on an old corral
Title: Turkey Vulture roosting on an old corral
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/10/2017
Turkey Vulture greeting the sun at an old corral
Title: Turkey Vulture greeting the sun at an old corral
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/10/2017
Turkey Vulture on the rail of an old corral
Title: Turkey Vulture on the rail of an old corral
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/10/2017
Turkey Vulture in a fog close up
Title: Turkey Vulture in a fog close up
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/26/2017
Foggy Turkey Vulture portrait
Title: Foggy Turkey Vulture portrait
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/26/2017
Turkey Vulture perched in a fog
Title: Turkey Vulture perched in a fog
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/26/2017
First of Year Turkey Vulture
Title: First of Year Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/24/2017
Rousing adult Turkey Vulture
Title: Rousing adult Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/24/2017
Turkey Vulture’s under valued beauty
Title: Turkey Vulture’s under valued beauty
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/24/2017
Yawning Turkey Vulture
Title: Yawning Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/24/2017
Turkey Vulture with open bill
Title: Turkey Vulture with open bill
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/24/2017
Back view of an adult Turkey Vulture
Title: Back view of an adult Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 3/24/2017
Thermoregulating adult Turkey Vulture
Title: Thermoregulating adult Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 8/25/2016