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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Description:

This vulture was soaring on the thermals off the Niagara Escarpment.

Habitat:

varied habitats

Notes:

A few turkey vultures were soaring above the reservoir near Short Hill park. It was hard to get shots as the glided by but I kept trying and got these shots.

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11 Comments

LoisStacey
LoisStacey 11 years ago

Love to watch these guys in flight. Beautiful!

Azura Firdaus W
Azura Firdaus W 11 years ago

beautiful pic

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

So beautiful!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Thanks Carol!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Awesome! Great series!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

It sure did, thanks Austin.

Austin Jacobs
Austin Jacobs 11 years ago

Excellent shots. Perseverance paid off.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Thanks Liam!

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

Nice spotting, Dan!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Thanks Nuwan!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

great shots !

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Spotted on Sep 3, 2012
Submitted on Sep 8, 2012

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