Turkey Vulture Images, Facts and Information:
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- Turkey vultures are large, dark brown birds with bald, red heads and pale bills with white tips.
- Turkey Vultures are scavengers and will soar in the air until their keen sense of smell detects dead animals also known as carrion. They will also eat lizards, fish, small mammals and invertebrates.
- Turkey Vultures are migratory. During the warmer months they can be found in most areas of the U.S. and extreme southern Canada. They winter in the southern U.S. plus Mexico, Central and South America.
- Turkey Vultures lay 1 to 3 eggs which hatch in 38 to 41 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of vultures can be called a “meal”, “vortex”, “wake”, “committee” or “cast” of vultures. Nicknames include “turkey buzzard”, “John Crow” and “carrion crow”.
- Turkey Vultures can live up to 17 years or more.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Turkey Vulture photos.
Adult Turkey Vulture on an old wooden fence
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture on an old wooden fence
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/8/2020
Hatch year Turkey Vulture walking in lichen-covered rocks
Title: Hatch year Turkey Vulture walking in lichen-covered rocks
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2019
Immature Turkey Vulture resting on lichen-covered rocks
Title: Immature Turkey Vulture resting on lichen-covered rocks
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2019
Side by side immature Turkey Vultures
Title: Side by side immature Turkey Vultures
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2019
Adult Turkey Vulture on a June morning
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture on a June morning
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/15/2019
Autumn Turkey Vulture portrait
Title: Autumn Turkey Vulture portrait
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2018
Close up of an alert Turkey Vulture
Title: Close up of an alert Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2018
Close up of a Turkey Vulture rousing
Title: Close up of a Turkey Vulture rousing
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2018
Turkey Vulture with pooh covered feet and legs
Title: Turkey Vulture with pooh covered feet and legs
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/12/2018
Turkey Vulture shaking its feathers on a fence post
Title: Turkey Vulture shaking its feathers on a fence post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/12/2018
Turkey Vulture flying in front of mountains
Title: Turkey Vulture flying in front of mountains
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/12/2018
Odd looking Turkey Vulture with white feathers
Title: Odd looking Turkey Vulture with white feathers
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/12/2018
Turkey Vulture in front of a sage covered hillside
Title: Turkey Vulture in front of a sage covered hillside
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/12/2018
Adult Turkey Vulture on a poop stained fence post
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture on a poop stained fence post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/12/2018
Turkey Vulture over the shoulder look on a June morning
Title: Turkey Vulture over the shoulder look on a June morning
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/12/2018
Alert Turkey Vulture on a square wooden post
Title: Alert Turkey Vulture on a square wooden post
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/12/2018
Back view of an adult Turkey Vulture
Title: Back view of an adult Turkey Vulture
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2018
Adult Turkey Vulture in morning light
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture in morning light
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2018
Adult Turkey Vulture in flight over sage, rabbitbrush and grasses
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture in flight over sage, rabbitbrush and grasses
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2018
Adult Turkey Vulture flying low over sagebrush
Title: Adult Turkey Vulture flying low over sagebrush
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/26/2018