Turkey Vultures Annual Migration

[HiDesertHal]

The annual migration of Turkey Vultures from Canada to Mexico's warmer climate has begun.

About 60 of them arrived yesterday for a short stopover rest, some in our next door neighbor's pine tree. They stop here every year.

They are carrion-eating scavengers, with wingspans from 5 to 6 feet.

Hal

 

[Mrs. Robinson]

Hmmm,I have been seeing lots of them perched on power and telephone poles recently. Maybe that`s why.

 

[Camper6]

I'm from Canada. I have never seen a Turkey vulture.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I think we have them in Jersey also but don't know if they are the same ones. I never heard of anyone calling them turkey vultures. The ones we have here have an ugly red head with no feathers and they are quite large. They do a great job of cleaning up after a road kill. It's a good thing because the road dept. is slow at picking them up. Some people refer to them as buzzards. I wonder if they are the same.

 

[Ken N Tx]

We have them here year around, they keep the roadways clean from road kill!!
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[Camper6]

So they migrate to the worst driving state because there is lots of road kill? L.O.L.