Thursday, August 03, 2006

cathartidae


black vultures or turkey vultures? help!

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Blogger Tim McCormack said...

I'd assume those are turkey vultures, since I haven't seen black vultures in the area (that I know of).

Were they in this tree or this one? I'm guessing the latter.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are turkey vultures, judging by the pale lower edge of the wings that is visible on the third bird from the left. Black vultures have all-black wings below except for some pale silvery feathers at the very tips of the wings, whereas turkey vultures have mostly dark wings with a contrasting, light grey lower edge that runs the length of the wings.

I hope this helps.

This is a beautiful photo by the way. I love your blog.

-Cait

11:58  

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