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Cathartes aura
scavenger that eats dead and decaying corpses
Northern California foothills and valley, in research I have found they range from Canada to the southern tip of South America and have 5 subspecies.
Very important part of ecosystem IMO
Sorry, I was thinking of their grey head instead or red. It is Black Vulture.
Do you mean Black Vultures? I realize some of them appear gray but Black Vulture was still the accepted common name last I checked
When I was growing up we used to have a saying in our family if something really smelled. "It would stink a Turkey Vulture off a gut wagon!" We seem to have mostly Grey Vultures in Florida.
Spotted on Apr 22, 2011
Submitted on Apr 22, 2011
