A large circling bird whose wings form the shape of a “V” is a turkey vulture ... these bacteria from spreading through the wider environment. Not only do vultures prevent the spread of ...

while turkey vultures' heads are bright red (like wild turkeys). Their wings differ as well, with turkey vultures' longer, narrower wings black and gray and black vultures having black wings with ...

The first breeding pair of turkey vultures in Massachusetts were recorded in Tyringham in 1954. The species is now a nearly year-round resident. Vultures are not harbingers of death, but partners in ...

There’s that old adage of not judging a book by its cover, and it applies especially well to the common Turkey Vulture ...

Igor the turkey vulture spread dark wings like Dracula's cape as if to greet his audience with a "good evening" in a deep vampire voice. Yet Igor seemed to enjoy the daylight -- and the limelight ...

“Without turkey vultures, carcasses would accumulate and diseases would spread from rotting flesh ... feet or more into the air, their long wings forming a distinctive V-shaped silhouette ...

Turkey vultures are longtime natives of New Jersey ... You may notice them hunching over and spreading their wings, a behavior that has multiple purposes. Though vultures have oil glands like ...

The sky above me is black with vultures riding the thermals ... at sunset and again in the morning when they spread out their impressively large wings, drying them in the early morning sunlight.

In flight it has both the size and color of a golden eagle, but the angle of the wings and, often, a slight wobble in its flight, give it away. Turkey vultures are common across Wyoming when they ...

OK, you recognize those turkey vultures you see soaring overhead on a summer day — long wings, long tail, wings raised into a shallow “vee.” But what are those birds that are often seen ...