VulturesVultures also called buzzards are large blackish birdsin the sky They are active in the daytime when theycluding the endangered California condor Pennsylvania has two species the turke ID: 454330
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Wildlife Note30 VulturesVultures, also called buzzards, are large, blackish birdsin the sky. They are active in the daytime, when theycluding the endangered California condor. Pennsylva-nia has two species: the turkey vulture (Turkey VultureSeen from below, a turkeyvultures wings appear two-toned, the flight featherslighter-colored than the rest of the feathering. Turkeying a gently V. The birds rock and tilt on the air currents.To probe deeply into carrion without becoming overlymessy, the head and neck are unfeatheredlike thebare arms of a butcher, wrote an early naturalist. Adultshave pink heads and necks; in young birds, these skinareas are blackish. The turkey vultures heavy bill has aVultures are essentially voiceless; lacking a syrinx, orVultures are efficientair, a vulture canhave relatively smallblack vulture. This heightenedVultures eat all kinds of carrion, including fish, snakes,winter- and highway-killed mammals, domestic animals,and slaughterhouse refuse. Both captive and wild turkey Black VultureTurkey Vulture Wildlife Notes are available from theHarrisburg, PA 17110-9797www.pgc.state.pa.usVultures make little or no nest, depositing their eggsare smooth to slightly grainy, dull or creamyweeks. The young birds eat car-carrions stench may attract poten-Vultures are gregarious; groups ofand do not use them for winter shelter.each year, from late winter or early springThe turkey vulture is a year-round resident of Penn-March. In summer, it breeds throughout the state. In fall,it passes through during September and October, withstragglers into early November. winters Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster,Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia andYork), and occasionally in the southwestern countiesBlack Vulture)The black vul-vulture, and must fly using several rapid wing flaps fol-Airborne, the black vulture shows distinctivenear the tips. The black holds its wings morepear almost headless.The black vulture strays into, butBerks, Bucks, Chester,Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster,Perry and York. It has nested inAdams and York counties.Behavior, food, and nestingsimilar to those of the turkey vul-Turkey Vulture