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turkey vulture
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turkey vulture

 or turkey buzzard

Species (Cathartes aura) of long-winged, long-tailed vulture (family Cathartidae), about 30 in. (75 cm) long, with dark plumage, whitish beak and legs, bare red head covered with whitish bumps, and a 6-ft (1.8-m) wingspread. It uses its keen sense of smell to find carrion. It occurs throughout the Americas except in northern Canada; the northerly and southernmost populations are migratory.
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NAME THOSE VULTURES The Oregon Coast Aquarium is asking the public to help name two turkey vultures that will be featured in a new exhibit opening Oct.
Buzzworthy by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
There also were 25-plus turkey vultures soaring around the mountain.
Eagle-eyed tally; Volunteers keep count of migrating raptors by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
IT'S LOW, LOW TIDE IN MIAMI On the 79th Street Causeway that connects inner Miami to the city's beaches, a colony of giant turkey vultures sits ominously on a radio tower, staring at the downtown skyline.
IT'S LOW, LOW TIDE IN MIAMI by Roben Farzad / BusinessWeek
 
 
 
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