The turkey vulture is dark brown with more feather-edging of light brown; the underside of its flight feathers and tail are gray. Turkey vultures have wingspans up to 70 inches and bodies as long ...

Turkey vultures have no feathers on their head in order to keep ... To tell the difference between an eagle or an osprey and a turkey vulture, one should look for specific differences in their ...

The undersides of their flight feathers are whiter, giving the turkey vulture a two-toned look. They often teeter while in flight and seldom actually beat their wings. Turkey vultures are very ...

A turkey vulture standing on the ground can ... Overall, it is black with brownish tones, especially on the feather edges. Legs are dark to pinkish in color, the head unfeathered.

An adult turkey vulture is huge. The finger feather tips stretch nearly 6 feet across, wider than a bald eagle. From afar their bodies appear lumpy and matted. But in person, Templeton showed his ...

Turkey vultures deter predators by ... blood and guts don't get trapped in their feathers. Like many other species of vulture, these birds feed on the remains of already dead animals, rather ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather represents a “two-for-the-price-of one” discovery: the fossil itself, and the first evidence that volcanic ash can preserve such soft tissues in exquisite detail. The ...