Most folks don’t pay much attention to turkey vultures as they soar high in the sky; they only give us a closer glimpse of ...

Laurie Rott took these photos of a group of adult turkey vultures she spotted in a neighbor’s oak tree in Golden Hills, when ...

Here's everything you need to know about being a turkey vulture, and how it differs from a cougar, as we learned from The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning.

Turkey vultures deter predators by projectile vomiting gastric juices as acidic as battery acid that burns their attacker's skin and eyes.

News Sci/Tech Cool Critters: Bloomsday’s vulture won’t eat carrion, but real turkey vultures will – and you should thank them Sun., May 4, 2025 X Email Reddit ...

May 24—This week's bird is the turkey vulture. These creepy dudes have huge nostrils that allow them to smell rotting, decaying carcasses from over a mile away. From below, their silhouettes ...

What's the difference between a turkey vulture and a cougar? Cougars share the confident, capable attitude of turkey vulltures. Both cougars and turkey vultures are in-command women.

Ah, that’s the “other vulture,” the black vulture. Wingspread is only about five feet, as compared with the turkey vulture’s six feet. The head is gray and featherless.

A couple weeks ago the Ruth Melichar Bird Center in Boise received a turkey vulture that was so malnourished that he couldn’t fly. Of course the rescue and rehab center ...

The bird’s appearance also did not appear to match the expected species, the turkey vulture. After some study, Kruse determined the bird at Merganser Lake was a black vulture.

Turkey vultures live in a range of habitats, including subtropical forests, shrublands and deserts. They have bald heads so that when they feast on carcasses, blood and guts don't get trapped in ...