Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Axeman on February 04, 2014, 12:03:04 AM
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A few weeks ago I saw huge bird soaring above my home....it was being mobbed by crows. It wasn't a turkey vulture...I was guessing golden eagle because black vulture didn't appear likely....and then today while driving on Sulphur Sorings Rd. I came across a black vulture standing in the middle of the oncoming lane. It was definitely a vulture and not a turkey....and definitely not a turkey vulture...I could identify it by it's bald charcoal head. I'm thinking the bird I saw overhead was this black vulture.
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Juvenile Turkey Vultures also have dark heads (but have big nostrils, while Black Vultures don't) so that could be another possibility.
/Thomas
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Would it still have juvenile plummage at this time of year ? Anyway, I was just amazed to see a vulture up here at this time of year. And umm...it definitely looked cold and miserable. Having said that....who really wants to be around a happy vulture lol