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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by AshleyT
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A large, brown bird with a featherless red head.

Habitat:

Found throughout most of the Americas in various types of habitats. This guy was hanging out on the pole in early morning, there was a tree nearby where about 10 more vultures were roosting at.

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