turkey vulture

Turkey Vulture - Gather round, gather round, I’m just warming up!

When there's too many subjects to capture...huge flock of Turkey Vultures.

Not a skeksis

Turkey Vulture The turkey vulture, also known in some North American regions as the turkey buzzard, and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John crow or carrion crow, is the most widespread of the New World vultures.

In a Havana Park they where very approachable

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura aura)

Not the best looking bird but I could watch them for hours when they soar over my yard toward the waterway.

Overseeing his kingdom from a throne at the very prow of our uppermost roof rafter, in his imperial gown.

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura aura)

Strong winds blew 20-30 turkey vultures into my neighborhood for a brief rest. Rare to see them up close in town here.

Turkey Vulture, taken at Bolsa Chica, Orange County California.

our daily Turkey Vulture. They truly are a daily sight in Northern California. Black Phoebes are a close second. I think there were a couple of days those three weeks that I didn't see a Black Phoebe.

This one was perched in my yard when I went out on the back deck with my morning coffee and camera ;)

As I'm not far from the intracoastal waterway, they fly over my yard every day heading toward their roosting spot for the evening.

I kind of like these guys especially when dozens are flying over my yard every afternoon heading for their roosting spot at the intracoastal waterway. This one surprised the hell out me when it landed on my fence. Must have been a dead squirrel/animal around.

Turkey Vulture in a tree

even though I had just badly lost a game of Pickleball. Sorry I haven't browsed today. Last day of sightseeing in Lisboa. Leaving early tomorrow, so off to bed now. Arriving fairly late in Trondheim. I'll post these first thing in the morning and catch up with you all on Sunday (touch wood).

This male was quite a spectacle amongst a flock of Turkeys near Patagonia AZ

is definitely a dominant feature of the California airways. Daytime TV, that is. Turkey Vultures roost at night. But I don't think I ever see a daytime sky without at least one TV (aka TUVU) somewhere overhead - near or far, circling, rising on a thermal, cruising by sniffing for carrion, or...