Turkey vultures are the most widespread in Georgia, occurring throughout the state; black vultures also are wide-ranging but are less common in the mountains.

Turkey Vulture [ CATHARTES AURA ] As autumn arrives, ... By sharing their meals, vultures earn a stake in the next tasty feast. NATURAL HISTORY.

Turkey vultures are amazing animals, and, lets face it, pretty disgusting. They pee on their own legs. They frequently projectile-vomit. They feast on rotten meat teaming with pathogens.

Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and semi-digested meat at their attackers. Turkey vultures live in ...

Turkey Vultures are most commonly seen while ... and at times fall victim to automobiles themselves as they feast. However, the numbers of vultures killed in this manner is more than adequately ...

Turkey vultures, which are classified as raptors because of their meat-only diets, used to flock to the Columbia River to feast on the bodies of dead smelt that blanketed the shore after spawning ...

Shari Stern’s turkey vultures follow her around, like dogs. The birds look so alike, sometimes Stern can’t tell them apart. Templeton and Virgil, the turkey vultures in question, experience no ...

Turkey vultures were once rare in Wisconsin but have increased in number in recent decades. The birds play a valuable role by eating carrion. ... It's possible the dinner bell had rung.

Black vultures are slightly smaller than turkey vultures and don’t possess as good a sense of smell, so they’ll sometimes follow turkey vultures to find carrion and then move in on the feast.

Smith: Turkey vultures – 'nature's recyclers' – are a valuable part of Wisconsin's ecosystem Turkey vultures were once rare in Wisconsin but have increased in number in recent decades.