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 ...

The turkey vulture's distinctive slow, teetering flight style probably helps the bird soar at low altitudes, where it is best able to use its nose to find carrion.

The range and population of the black vulture, which is also known as the black buzzard and carrion crow, has been expanding northward since the 1940s, according to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.

Turkey vultures are fairly easy to identify in flight. They are very large, with 6-foot wingspans, and have small heads. They fly with their wings in a V-shape, or dihedral, according to the ...