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.
Adult Turkey Vulture stretching its wing
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture stretching its wing
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2016
Rousing Turkey Vulture adult
Title: Rousing Turkey Vulture adult
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2016
Turkey Vulture at sun rise
Title: Turkey Vulture at sun rise
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/21/2016
Turkey Vulture thermoregulation posture
Title: Turkey Vulture thermoregulation posture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/3/2016
Yawning Turkey Vulture
Title: Yawning Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/3/2016
An adult Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County
Title: An adult Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/13/2015
Turkey Vulture cleaning its bill
Title: Turkey Vulture cleaning its bill
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/13/2015
Turkey Vulture near the Promontory Mountains
Title: Turkey Vulture near the Promontory Mountains
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/13/2015
Turkey Vulture warming in the sunlight
Title: Turkey Vulture warming in the sunlight
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/13/2015
Adult Turkey Vulture on a fence post
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture on a fence post
Location: Snowville, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2013
Adult Turkey Vulture getting ready to lift off
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture getting ready to lift off
Location: Snowville, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2013
Turkey Vulture with a sky background
Title: Turkey Vulture with a sky background
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 7/10/2013
Turkey Vulture with sky and trees in the background
Title: Turkey Vulture with sky and trees in the background
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 7/10/2013
Turkey Vulture with trees in the background
Title: Turkey Vulture with trees in the background
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 7/10/2013
Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County
Title: Turkey Vulture in Box Elder County
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2013
Pair of Turkey Vultures in Box Elder County
Title: Pair of Turkey Vultures in Box Elder County
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2013
Spring Turkey Vultures on a hillside
Title: Spring Turkey Vultures on a hillside
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2013
Turkey Vulture in flight over the Stansbury Mountain Range
Title: Turkey Vulture in flight over the Stansbury Mountain Range
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 7/29/2011
What a spooky looking bird! Turkey Vulture in flight
Title: What a spooky looking bird! Turkey Vulture in flight
Location: Roosevelt Wetland, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 2/28/2009
Turkey Vulture flight shot
Title: Turkey Vulture flight shot
Location: Roosevelt Wetland, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 2/28/2009