The Turkey Vulture, also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard (or just “buzzard”), is a bird found throughout most of the Americas.
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Hmm !! Turkey Buzzard great shot is this like our vultures ?
The Turkey Vulture, also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard (or just “buzzard”), is a bird found throughout most of the Americas.
Can Turkey Buzzards fly?! Just curious.
From audubon.org
The flight of the Turkey-Buzzard is graceful compared with that of the Black Vulture. It sails admirably either high or low, with its wings spread beyond the horizontal position, and their tips bent upward by the weight of the body. After rising from the ground, which it does at a single spring, it beats its wings only a very few times, to enable it to proceed in its usual way of sailing. Like the Black Vultures, they rise high in the air, and perform large circles.
I saw one of these creatures today for the first time about a mile from my home in NC. It was walking across the road towards some road kill, saw my car, did an about face to the side of the road, and returned to its feast as I passed. Fascinating, but it won’t win any beauty contests.
Thanks Jim for sharing and your right they are ugly.