The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called ... The zone-tailed hawk and golden eagle will mimic the wing dihedral when hunting, and dark-morph Swainson ...

Despite their large size — with wingspans ... owls and hawks. But these vultures have a nifty escape mechanism. When they're threatened or scared, turkey vultures regurgitate a foul, acidic ...

We see them circling overhead almost every day; sometimes we mistake them for hawks. In our area, these large black, bald-headed birds are usually Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura), a member of ...