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Turkey vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by 21jleverett
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Field Notes

Description:

I believe this is a juvenile turkey vulture, although I did not have the chance to see any identifiers on the wings.

Habitat:

Widespread over open country, scrublands, deserts and foothills. Also found in pastures, grasslands and wetlands.

Notes:

The second photo is a wake of vultures. A group of vultures is called a kettle, committee or wake. Kettle refers to vultures in flight. Committee are vultures resting on the ground or in trees. Wake is a group that is feeding.

Species ID Suggestions

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

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Machi
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Comments (2)
ForestDragon
I agree with Machi. This is a black vulture. :-)
Machi
Hi 21jleverett! Do you mind editing your spottings and updating them with the correct map location? You can do this by clicking "Edit this Spotting" under your photos and then dragging and dropping the map pin to the correct location. Thank you! :)
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PublishedOctober 21, 2019

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