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 ...

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.

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.

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Thus, black vultures will watch and follow turkey vultures when they drop down to feed. At the carcass they are often dominant and will drive away the turkey vulture.

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.

Black vultures have a large black body with a black or dark grey bald head. Seen from below, their wings spread out in a straight line, are mostly black and have white wingtips. Turkey vultures ...

The most abundant buzzard across the United States is still the turkey vulture, which sports pink skin on its head, a long tail and a V-shaped wing profile. But increasingly, it is the black ...

Turkey vultures have a major PR problem. Many people view them as black-feathered villains with menacing bone-colored beaks that skulk on tree branches and circle the skies waiting for animals and ...

Spring is a period when many birds are on the move. This means it is a great time of year for birders to be on the lookout for rarities or ...