That’s because the vulture in question is 30,000 years old, and its fossilized remains have provided a breakthrough in archaeologists’ understanding of the preservation process.

May 24—This week's bird is the turkey vulture. These creepy dudes have huge nostrils that allow them to smell rotting, decaying carcasses from over a mile away. From below, their silhouettes ...

Turkey vultures are one of three vulture species living in North America. They only exist in certain environments, including cavities in a boulder field, caves in a cliff, or even big hollow logs.

A turkey vulture with silvery wingtips soars above the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve. Credit: Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo We studied the turkey vultures for at least 40 minutes since we passed where ...

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A turkey vulture chick stands in its nest in a silo in Mequon. Standing 7 feet away were two football-sized creatures covered in white down. They sported black faces, beaks, legs and feet.

Like many other species of vulture, these birds feed on the remains of already dead animals, rather than killing prey themselves. Despite their large size — with wingspans reaching around 5.5 ...

Many ‘kettles’ or groups of flying turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) arrive every year around March 15 to Hinkley, […] Turkey vultures rule the roost, helps our ecosystem | News, Sports, Jobs ...

Florida Keys marine mammal and bird rescuers and helped save dozens of turkey vultures that were stranded in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ... It’s rare, but vulture strandings are a thing.

They were turkey vulture chicks. Message received. And identification confirmed. I quickly took a few photos and a video and backed down the stairs and out of the silo.