Turkey Vulture

tags: Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, photographed at Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 28 November 2007 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/750s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. This challenging-to-ID-from-this-image mystery bird has a special foraging ability that other members of this family lack. Can you tell me what that…
tags: Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, photographed the Quintana Beach and Jetty area, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 18 November 2008 [larger view]. Nikon D200 1/250s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: Compare this fine Turkey Vulture with the Black Vulture in an earlier quiz. Sure, the head color gives it away, but notice that…
tags: Mackenna's Gold, Jose Feliciano, music, film, movies, streaming video Really amazing footage and wonderful music by José Feliciano about turkey vultures, from the movie, Mackenna's Gold -- is this a film I must see? You tell me! [5:24] "There's an old story. The way the Apaches tell it... ...a man was riding in the desert and came across a vulture... ...the kind they call turkey buzzards in Arizona, sittin' on a rock. "Hey", the man says, "how come you old turkey buzzard's sittin' here? "I saw you flying over Hadleyberg, and I didn't want to meet up with you... "...so I turned around…
tags: Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, birds, Kansas, image of the day "Cool morning yoga pose" Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura. Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU [larger view].