Turkey Vulture
by Don Wolf
Title
Turkey Vulture
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Don Wolf
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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turkey vulture
noun
a common American vulture with black plumage and a bare red head. • Cathartes aura, family Cathartidae.The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.[4] It finds its food using its keen eyes and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gases produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals.[4] In flight, it uses thermals to move through the air, flapping its wings infrequently. Photographed above my backyard.
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September 3rd, 2012
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