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The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is the most widespread of the New World vultures. [2] One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of open and semi-open areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands ...
The birds saw their reflection in the cars and would attack. ... A turkey vulture is not a turkey. ... Kentucky and other areas in the South. Turkeys were raised in Mexico and Central America for ...
Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers, however, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses. Two species have been recorded in Kentucky. Black vulture, Coragyps atratus; Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura
The turkey vultures we see in Wisconsin are migratory. They spend the winter in the southern U.S. or even, as documented in at least one bird tagged in work by Hartman and Mossman, in South America.
Turkey vultures will vomit to dispel any disturbing animal. They can propel their vomit up to 10 feet (3.0 m). [4] The European roller, a much smaller bird found in parts of Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, uses vomit in a different way. A baby European roller will vomit a foul-smelling orange liquid onto itself to turn away a predator.
A Place Called Hope posted a message calling the vultures "the dynamic duo" after they found the birds just before last Monday's eclipse on April 8 "literally drunk," the group said.
Turkey vulture. The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses.
A Kentucky couple spent six days looking for a body believed to be that of the highway shooting suspect whom authorities have been hunting for over a week — and they eventually found it by ...