TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Soaring Turkey Vulture Turkey Vulture-Cathartes aura Turkey Vulture-Cathartes aura, Order CICONIIFORMES - Family CATHARTIDAE. A magnificent flier, soars effortlessly. Wing span 170-178 cm. While soaring holds wings slightly up in a V shape Body feathers entirleley blackish brown. My first sighting this spring. Uses its sense of smell to find carrion. A migrator that nests in Ohio. (Photo: Feb 27, 2004) For more species info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Turkey_Vulture_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.