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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Description:

This is a Turkey Vulture and is one of two species we get there is the Black Vulture then this guy. They are a large raptor or Bird of prey and mainly feed on Carrion. They are often times seen soring in the sky or on roadsides sunning themselves or in my case eating.

Habitat:

In open areas and wooded country anywhere that food is available

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1 Comment

ZooNerd
ZooNerd 8 years ago

If that posted twice I am sorry there was a glitch in my computer. There was only one sighting.

ZooNerd
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ZooNerd

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Spotted on Mar 12, 2015
Submitted on Jul 9, 2015

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