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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by BambiJudy
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

At first i thought it was a raven. When i zoomed with my camera i realized it was in fact a vulture. I did not know we had vultures in Québec.

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Turkey Vulture

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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura
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Comments (1)
LealikiKanoa
Love the chunk of feathers missing from his/her left wing! Turkey vultures are such graceful animals.

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PublishedNovember 29, 2011

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