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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Description:

This bird was huge. It was circling the sky. There were lighter feathers on the wings toward the back of the wings and darker towards the front. As far as I could tell the head was the same dark color as the wings.

Species ID Suggestions

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Comments (1)

ok. I'm glad you can ID birds from a shadow and a behavior pattern. Thanks!

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PublishedJune 1, 2011

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