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  1. Happy Buzzards Day, especially to the good people of Cleveland, OH!

    Have some sausages & pancakes, and remember Walter Nawalaniec, who first observed (in 1957) that "buzzards" (turkey vultures) returned to Cleveland from their migration every year on the same calendar date.

    #UnofficialDiaryDates #BuzzardsDay #TurkeyVultures #Cleveland

  2. Happy Buzzards Day, especially to the good people of Cleveland, OH!

    Have some sausages & pancakes, and remember Walter Nawalaniec, who first observed (in 1957) that "buzzards" (turkey vultures) returned to Cleveland from their migration every year on the same calendar date.

    #UnofficialDiaryDates #BuzzardsDay #TurkeyVultures #Cleveland

  3. Happy Buzzards Day, especially to the good people of Cleveland, OH!

    Have some sausages & pancakes, and remember Walter Nawalaniec, who first observed (in 1957) that "buzzards" (turkey vultures) returned to Cleveland from their migration every year on the same calendar date.

    #UnofficialDiaryDates #BuzzardsDay #TurkeyVultures #Cleveland

  4. #BirdOfTheDay #Posted Turkey vultures hanging out on some fence posts. These photos were taken at different times, but it's the same spot, which is very popular with the vultures. #EastCoastKin #Birds #TurkeyVultures #Hiking #WestCoastKin

  5. How large #TurkeyVultures remain aloft in thin air phys.org/news/2024-08-large-tu #birds

    Turkey #vultures tune their airspeed to changing air density journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

    All else being equal, #bird wings produce less lift in low density air... making it more difficult to remain aloft... Yet this doesn't seem to put them off. Bar-headed geese, cranes and bar-tailed godwits have recorded altitude records of 6,000 m and more. So how do they manage to take to the air when thin air offers little lift?

  6. How large #TurkeyVultures remain aloft in thin air phys.org/news/2024-08-large-tu #birds

    Turkey #vultures tune their airspeed to changing air density journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

    All else being equal, #bird wings produce less lift in low density air... making it more difficult to remain aloft... Yet this doesn't seem to put them off. Bar-headed geese, cranes and bar-tailed godwits have recorded altitude records of 6,000 m and more. So how do they manage to take to the air when thin air offers little lift?

  7. How large #TurkeyVultures remain aloft in thin air phys.org/news/2024-08-large-tu #birds

    Turkey #vultures tune their airspeed to changing air density journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

    All else being equal, #bird wings produce less lift in low density air... making it more difficult to remain aloft... Yet this doesn't seem to put them off. Bar-headed geese, cranes and bar-tailed godwits have recorded altitude records of 6,000 m and more. So how do they manage to take to the air when thin air offers little lift?

  8. How large #TurkeyVultures remain aloft in thin air phys.org/news/2024-08-large-tu #birds

    Turkey #vultures tune their airspeed to changing air density journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar

    All else being equal, #bird wings produce less lift in low density air... making it more difficult to remain aloft... Yet this doesn't seem to put them off. Bar-headed geese, cranes and bar-tailed godwits have recorded altitude records of 6,000 m and more. So how do they manage to take to the air when thin air offers little lift?

  9. @CStamp @noondlyt I just looked at Wikipedia’s list of birds called #buzzards—it included almost all of the #Buteos whose names I recognize, including #RedTailedHawks, something I never heard growing up in California. OTOH, my mother and many others called the local #TurkeyVultures (Cathartes aura) buzzards or #TurkeyBuzzards.

  10. @CStamp @noondlyt I just looked at Wikipedia’s list of birds called #buzzards—it included almost all of the #Buteos whose names I recognize, including #RedTailedHawks, something I never heard growing up in California. OTOH, my mother and many others called the local #TurkeyVultures (Cathartes aura) buzzards or #TurkeyBuzzards.

  11. @CStamp @noondlyt I just looked at Wikipedia’s list of birds called #buzzards—it included almost all of the #Buteos whose names I recognize, including #RedTailedHawks, something I never heard growing up in California. OTOH, my mother and many others called the local #TurkeyVultures (Cathartes aura) buzzards or #TurkeyBuzzards.

  12. @CStamp @noondlyt I just looked at Wikipedia’s list of birds called #buzzards—it included almost all of the #Buteos whose names I recognize, including #RedTailedHawks, something I never heard growing up in California. OTOH, my mother and many others called the local #TurkeyVultures (Cathartes aura) buzzards or #TurkeyBuzzards.

  13. Good Morning #Canada
    Just finished putting up the decorations so we're ready for Turkey Vulture Day.
    The Turkey Vulture breeds in southern farmland and open forest habitats in all provinces and their population has dramatically increased in the last 50 years. They use their keen vision and excellent sense of smell to locate food, flying low enough to detect the gasses produced by decaying flesh. They're so cute...

    #CanadaIsAwesome #Birdwatching #TurkeyVultures
    naturecanada.ca/news/blog/awar.

  14. Good Morning #Canada
    Just finished putting up the decorations so we're ready for Turkey Vulture Day.
    The Turkey Vulture breeds in southern farmland and open forest habitats in all provinces and their population has dramatically increased in the last 50 years. They use their keen vision and excellent sense of smell to locate food, flying low enough to detect the gasses produced by decaying flesh. They're so cute...

    #CanadaIsAwesome #Birdwatching #TurkeyVultures
    naturecanada.ca/news/blog/awar.

  15. Good Morning #Canada
    Just finished putting up the decorations so we're ready for Turkey Vulture Day.
    The Turkey Vulture breeds in southern farmland and open forest habitats in all provinces and their population has dramatically increased in the last 50 years. They use their keen vision and excellent sense of smell to locate food, flying low enough to detect the gasses produced by decaying flesh. They're so cute...

    #CanadaIsAwesome #Birdwatching #TurkeyVultures
    naturecanada.ca/news/blog/awar.

  16. For all that I see #vultures riding the thermals high above me every day, for all the deer I see so often on these lands, it was the first time I saw vultures around a deer's carcass. The stag was likely struck by a vehicle. He was lying on the side of the road. The #TurkeyVultures are one of nature's biggest cleaners. They swoop down from above, a kind of angel of death/sanitation service... They do important work. Gratitude. #ScianewTerritory

  17. For all that I see #vultures riding the thermals high above me every day, for all the deer I see so often on these lands, it was the first time I saw vultures around a deer's carcass. The stag was likely struck by a vehicle. He was lying on the side of the road. The #TurkeyVultures are one of nature's biggest cleaners. They swoop down from above, a kind of angel of death/sanitation service... They do important work. Gratitude. #ScianewTerritory

  18. For all that I see #vultures riding the thermals high above me every day, for all the deer I see so often on these lands, it was the first time I saw vultures around a deer's carcass. The stag was likely struck by a vehicle. He was lying on the side of the road. The #TurkeyVultures are one of nature's biggest cleaners. They swoop down from above, a kind of angel of death/sanitation service... They do important work. Gratitude. #ScianewTerritory

  19. For all that I see #vultures riding the thermals high above me every day, for all the deer I see so often on these lands, it was the first time I saw vultures around a deer's carcass. The stag was likely struck by a vehicle. He was lying on the side of the road. The #TurkeyVultures are one of nature's biggest cleaners. They swoop down from above, a kind of angel of death/sanitation service... They do important work. Gratitude. #ScianewTerritory

  20. Nothing’s dead, they’ve just decided they like hanging out. Must’ve been another 20 hanging out other places.

    #todayatwork #ruralLife #turkeyVultures

  21. Well, this is something you don't see every day. A dead #squirrel was lying on a sidewalk next to the street. Two #turkeyvultures were trying to pull out its intestines. One of them gave me the business, or maybe it was just trying to spit out squirrel hair. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #nature #photography #cleanupcrew

  22. Well, this is something you don't see every day. A dead #squirrel was lying on a sidewalk next to the street. Two #turkeyvultures were trying to pull out its intestines. One of them gave me the business, or maybe it was just trying to spit out squirrel hair. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #nature #photography #cleanupcrew

  23. Well, this is something you don't see every day. A dead #squirrel was lying on a sidewalk next to the street. Two #turkeyvultures were trying to pull out its intestines. One of them gave me the business, or maybe it was just trying to spit out squirrel hair. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #nature #photography #cleanupcrew

  24. Well, this is something you don't see every day. A dead #squirrel was lying on a sidewalk next to the street. Two #turkeyvultures were trying to pull out its intestines. One of them gave me the business, or maybe it was just trying to spit out squirrel hair. #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #nature #photography #cleanupcrew

  25. I was fetching some lumber from the barn loft when I got hissed at. No, not a stray cat, not a possum... baby turkey vultures!

    #TurkeyVultures #Vultures #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon

  26. I was fetching some lumber from the barn loft when I got hissed at. No, not a stray cat, not a possum... baby turkey vultures!

    #TurkeyVultures #Vultures #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon

  27. I was fetching some lumber from the barn loft when I got hissed at. No, not a stray cat, not a possum... baby turkey vultures!

    #TurkeyVultures #Vultures #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon

  28. I was fetching some lumber from the barn loft when I got hissed at. No, not a stray cat, not a possum... baby turkey vultures!

    #TurkeyVultures #Vultures #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon

  29. Not sure what kind of omen this is for the new year... #2023 #turkeyvultures