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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Most of the Turkey Vultures around here are not shy and just want the cars and people to get out of their way, so they can continue feeding on the roadkill. A nice Canon zoom lens at 400mm helps.

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Comments (3)
Ashish
Hi Donna, Please add story here.. by editing this spotting.. How you able to grab this amazing bird. Thanks for sharing such nice pictures.
KarenL
Lovely! A face only a mother could love!

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