Turkey Vulture Turkey Vulture
Turkey vultures are large soaring birds that can be 26 inches long with a wingspan of 67 inches. They weigh about 4 pounds. Being scavengers, they feed on carrion, garbage, and anything else they can find. Turkey vultures have brownish bodies and red heads that lack feathers. The large hooked beak helps them tear flesh or other food. Turkey vulture tracks can be found in many places, frequently near their feeding areas. They show three toes facing forward and one back. Claw marks sometimes show in the prints.
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Turkey vulture in a tree. |
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This turkey vulture track was almost stepped on by a gray fox (track in upper left). This is the right foot. |
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Pair of turkey vultures in a Douglas fir tree. |
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| Turkey vultures will often sit on a perch in the sun with their wings spread out like this. It might be to warm their wings or dry their feathers. I am not sure of the exact reason. I've often seen them doing this on cold mornings. | |
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| Turkey vulture soaring on thermal updrafts. Vultures spend a lot of their time soaring. It conserves energy and allows them to find their food without wasting a lot of valuable energy. | |
Find turkey vulture posters, greeting cards, t-shirts, hats, and more in my new store.
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Now available: "Animals Don't Cover
Their Tracks - An Introduction to Animal Tracking" on CD! (Version 3.0)
New drawings, more species, more photos, more extensive sections on tracking
humans, more detailed directions for plaster casting, mystery tracks section,
tracking stories section, and more. The CD features over 100 species, including
special bonus sections with the tracks of some African and Australian
animals. A large section on tracking lost people for search and rescue is
included, with over four pages of photos showing the details of tracks and
signs people leave. Easy to use format. This web site is limited
by bandwidth, but the CD-ROM is not. The CD is available in my online store at:
www.dirt-time.com
Works with Mac or PC. Happy tracking!!
What else can you find in the nature store? Beartracker's animal tracks coloring book, T-shirts, sweatshirts, journals, book bags, toddler and infant apparel, mouse pads, posters, postcards, coffee mugs, travel mugs, clocks, Frisbees, bumper stickers, hats, stickers, and many more items. All with tracks or paw prints, or nature scenes. Custom products are available. If you don't see the track you want on the product you want, email me and I can probably create it. Proceeds from all sales go to pay the monthly fees for this web site. You can help support this site as well as get great tracking products! Thank you! |
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Page updated: July 5, 2008.
