You definitely do not want to take, hurt, or kill turkey vultures since they are endangered, and laws protecting them impose impressive penalties. These birds, also referred to as buzzards in the United States, look scary, but they won't hurt you unless you happen to be a carcass. Still...
Turkey vultures are designed to coast the thermals (that’s hot air that moves upwards) rather than actively flapping. As a result, they only weigh 2-5 pounds despite their large size of 2 and a half feet tall. That’s the same weight as a large bottle of ketchup, way less than the...
A pair of Turkey Vultures flew over and I managed these photos of one of them. On March 26th, I heard an Eastern Phoebe sing, then saw him as he sidled up against the wall and then later perched in a tree. The female Eastern Bluebird was available. And I had visits with a couple...
At dusk, as the thermal wind transitions to numbing cold, I stroll down the shoreline from my cottage. The rheas are still pecking away at the shingle and an adult sperm whale, that died at sea, has washed up on the beach. Giant petrels with scimitar-sharp bills and turkey vultures are...
There isn’t enough population in that area (feed pens and population are not a good mix) to utilize all that meat before it is rank and rotten. That is a significant food source that will go almost entirely to waste as coyotes, vultures, rats and other creatures who are not as ...
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Though most cities are proactive about adding phosphate, in some cases it’s not enough to address highly corrosive waters, says Edwards. It is an emerging problem for cities, he adds, most likely due to increasing use of road salt. In portions of the northern U.S., chloride concentration...
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