It’s best to stay on a turkey vulture’s good side ... graceful they are as they coast beneath the clouds. With their 10-foot wingspans, California condors can cruise great distances in ...

The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called “buzzard” in many areas. A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey.

A healthy fledgling turkey vulture. Credit: Courtesy of Todd Backman The same fledgling turkey vulture after it was found sickened by rat poison and collapsed in the patio of a El Cerrito ...