Turkey Vulture
by Lyuba Filatova
Title
Turkey Vulture
Artist
Lyuba Filatova
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Description
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. It is unique among our vultures in that it finds carrion by smell as well as by sight. They are a consummate scavenger, cleaning up the countryside one bite of their sharply hooked bill at a time, and never mussing a feather on their bald heads. When threatened, it defends itself by vomiting powerful stomach acids.
Overall, it is black with brownish tones, especially on the feather edges. Legs are dark to pinkish in color, the head unfeathered. The red skin color of the head contrasts with the ivory bill and dark feather ruff on the neck. The tail is relatively long.
This photo was taken in forest area of Dover, Massachusetts
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August 2nd, 2018
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Comments (5)
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Lyuba – your beautiful bird of prey shot has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
William Tasker
Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Lyuba Filatova replied:
William, thanks a lot L/F and the feature in Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group!
Don Columbus
Congratulations Lyuba, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Don, thank you so much for L/Tweet and the feature in "A Birding Group - Wings"!
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