Black vultures have a graceful flight pattern with their broad wings snapped out wide like a baseball umpire signaling “safe,” per the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, while turkey vultures make ...

Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) have bright red heads and a v-shaped in-flight profile. True to their name, they look much like turkeys. Both often roost together in groups of up to 100.

Black vultures are able to take over a carcass from their larger relatives through patiently waiting until a whole gang has been recruited, and then chasing off the turkey vultures as a group.

CAPE MAY POINT — The sighting of a black vulture used to trigger a rare bird alert at the Cape May Bird Observatory.

The black vulture, on the other hand, has little sense of smell. So how does it find food? In large part, it keeps track of turkey vultures and follows them to carcasses.

Turkey vultures are more common in this region, while the black vulture’s primary domain is Central America and much of South America, However, it can be seen in southern Missouri on occasion.

While black vultures hunt by sight, turkey vultures hunt by sight and smell. One afternoon some years ago, while pulling into our driveway in Dalton, I noticed a lone vulture circling over the side ...

Remove roadkill or animal carcasses from your property as soon as possible. Use predator decoys. Hanging an owl or hawk decoy in the area can make them wary. Avoid leaving pet food outside. Shiny ...

Black vultures are the smallest of the vulture species, and their wingspan is much shorter than a turkey vulture or California condor, but they are also one of the most aggressive species.

Unlike their turkey vulture cousins, which are easy to spot with their red heads, black vultures don’t always wait for their meals to be dead. “The black vultures, now that's a very, very ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AGFC) -- The bird of the week is the Turkey vulture, which are common statewide in Arkansas year-round. Turkey Vultures are large, dark birds with long, broad wings. They are ...