41 reactions | Turkey vultures have a nearly six-foot wingspan! They are an easy bird to identify from a distance because they hold their wings in a distinctive v-shape and wobble side to side as they ride thermals sniffing out carrion. From underneath, they appear black except for a lighter tail and trailing edge of the wings. This vulture at the Park gave a great standing demonstration! #TurkeyVulture #Scavenger #Birding #MaineWildlife #AnimalFacts | Maine Wildlife Park | Facebook

Check out the turkey vulture, often called buzzards, one of nature's scavengers. They are masters at soaring flight. Unlike other bird species, they live primarily on dead animals. Learn more about the turkey vulture here. | KRCG 13

It’s October and time to witness the great turkey vulture migration--and CALM is in the migration path! This annual event along the Pacific Flyway involves between 25,000 and 35,000 turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) flying in flocks of up to 400 birds. According to the Turkey Vulture Migration Project, this particular species of New World vulture summers in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, but as the first hint of autumn arrives, the birds congregate and begin their journey southward,

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