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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Description:

Found this vulture on the Jungle near my highschool. is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrionIt finds its meals using its keen vision and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gasses produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animalsIt. roosts in large community groups

Habitat:

Vultures can be found in almost every city due to the roadkill.... altough this was found on wasteland near the jungle.

Notes:

This vulture was seen with a blackvulture ..When i saw it flying i tought it could be an eagle so i rush into the wilderness but it hapen to be a flock of vultures.

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Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Jan 21, 2011
Submitted on Aug 22, 2011

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