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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by rabaker96
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Field Notes

Description:

Large bird, pink/red head, dark brown body and wings, but trailing edge of underside of wings are pale.

Habitat:

Soaring over an open field ringed by oaks and "cedars"

Reference Links:

Turkey Vulture, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedApril 11, 2014

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