Tens of thousands of turkey vultures glide over the Detroit River, offering citizen scientists a surprising highlight of hawk ...

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

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Turkey vultures have a very characteristic teetering glide, holding their wings in a v-shape (think ‘V’ for vulture) that distinguishes them from other large raptors.

“You can easily tell a turkey vulture apart from like an eagle or a black vulture by noticing the V-shape that they hold their wings, with their wings kind of angled up instead of totally flat ...

To scan wide distances, turkey vultures rise 10,000 feet or more into the air, their long wings forming a distinctive V-shaped silhouette against the sky. As if filled by helium, the birds use ...

Turkey vultures are often observed "kettling" where a group soars in circles, often riding thermals, to conserve energy and gain altitude for long-distance travel.

The world's 23 vulture species, including turkey vultures, black vultures and California condors (which are endangered) here in the U.S., have sharp vision to help them spot carrion from high above.

Turkey vultures deter predators by projectile vomiting gastric juices as acidic as battery acid that burns their attacker's skin and eyes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

They spread their wings to dry them off and use the sun's disinfecting rays to burn off germs. Turkey vultures and other vultures spend hours preening and bathing in clear water.

But my partner began to wonder if these were cormorants (many of these diving birds were around) or the much-loathed turkey vultures (cathartes aura) whose wing-spans can reach 5½ feet.