Hoping for an identification ... We spotted a flock of 22 dunlins, a few sanderlings and two turkey vultures feeding on the remains of a goose that had washed up on the beach. A turkey vulture feeds ...

With summer just around the corner, I would like to highlight one of my favorite birds — the turkey vulture.. For me, they conjure up hot summer days as I watch them ride and circle in the updrafts.

"Recently, the turkey vulture has just made people smile," Abbey Krumrie, co-founder of River Valley Raptors, said. "It doesn't matter if they remember what I tell them as long as they remember ...

In 1972, Roxie Laybourne was a 61-year-old ornithologist working in Washington, D.C., when she was asked to testify at a Maine murder trial. Photograph from Smithsonian Institution Archives; video ...

A SpaceX launch of a GPS satellite Friday marked the latest national security mission taken away from United Launch Alliance because of delays to its Vulcan rocket.

Ralph the turkey vulture served as an animal ambassador at the EcoTarium. The turkey vulture is one of two knowns species of vulture in Massachusetts. Vultures are primarily carrion-seeking birds. He ...

There’s that old adage of not judging a book by its cover, and it applies especially well to the common Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura). “Vulture” is a term that humans ...

Day 138: May 18, 2025 – A turkey vulture soars over the Barcelona Lighthouse on the Lake Erie shore in Westfield. Libby March/Buffalo News Day 137. Day 137: May 17, 2025 ...