Over Niagara Falls 3 days ago and York U yesterday. Eagle?

[pong]

Hello there,

I am from Thailand visiting Ontario. I visited Niagara Falls yesterday. Around noon, I spotted a bird of prey over Niagara Falls. I think it looks like an eagle to me. Every bird I have found here is new.

At this stage, I can only guess it is Golden Eagle.

Photo was cropped.

I would appreciate your help identifying this bird of prey. Thank you.

IMG_9629_cr by ƤōƝƓ, on Flickr

[thouc]

Welcome to Ontario.
It's a Turkey Vulture.

/Thomas

[pong]

Welcome to Ontario.
It's a Turkey Vulture.

/Thomas

O_o" Thank you soo much, Thomas!! I had never seen a vulture in my life! I am excited. Coz vultures have gone extinct from my country for decades.

pong

[pong]

Again I think I saw the same vultures again. This time over Central Square, York U.

I am amazed you Ontarians have vultures in the city!!

IMG_9730_cr by ƤōƝƓ, on Flickr

[Reuven_M]

Turkey Vultures are one of the most common birds from Canada all the way down to Southern Argentina! I wonder why vultures do so much worse in Asia.

[Dinusaur]

Turkey Vultures are one of the most common birds from Canada all the way down to Southern Argentina! I wonder why vultures do so much worse in Asia.

Growing up in India I used to see a lot of vultures. People used to discard their dead domestic animals (mostly dead cows) at the outskirt of villages in wide open farm lands and soon a group of vultures would land and consume the dead animal to the bone in matter of hours. Last time I visited India in 2014 I saw none.  With the introduction of highways and paved roads one would think that there would be more as a result of more road kills. Though this is how Turkey Vultures spread in Canada, for Vultures in India it was a different story. Apparently the introduction of a new drug in 1990 for domestic animals proved fatal to the vultures. Here's a link to the findings. Hope actions are taken to restore their population before they become totally extinct.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1618889/

[Bird Brain]

A few years back, sighted 90 Turkey Vultures circling above Kelso Lake in Milton - since then, have only seen a few.

[pong]

Turkey Vultures are one of the most common birds from Canada all the way down to Southern Argentina! I wonder why vultures do so much worse in Asia.

Vultures here were considered creatures eating rotten flesh. They didn't look as beautiful as the Turkey Vulture. It was a total prejudice.