Their large wingspan uses these thermals to rise, taking up less energy. Turkey vultures often circle because they are looking for food. Sometimes they will continue circling after they have found the ...

The local clan of riverside turkey buzzards — or vultures if you want to get persnickety about proper nomenclature — have ...

Sometimes called buzzards, turkey vultures are scavengers that feed on carrion. I’m a bird lover, but vultures lost their ...

The borough is now in a cooperative service agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to tackle this issue.

Despite statewide restrictions on these pesticides in California, a recent study found that as many as 13% of turkey vultures in the Los Angeles area tested positive for the chemicals. Given the ...

THE ONES THEY SEE ARE TURKEY VULTURES, NOT NECESSARILY BLACK VULTURES. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM TO THE INDIVIDUALS HERE IS THAT THE BIRDS LEAVE A MARK WHEREVER THEY ROOST, PARTICULARLY THEIR WASTE AND ...

Did you know turkey vultures serve a vital role in Wyoming as recyclers and "cleaners"? Yet, even as one of the most widely distributed North American birds, little ...