What kind of bird is this?

[mercenary]

It was perched up on my development's roof... the thing was huge!

 

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[PBK]

How about a turkey vulture?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture

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[mercenary]

Oh PBK, is there anything you can't identify?
Much appreciated friend

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Yes it's a Turkey vulture, you should see when 10-12 group together and circle around and around. Kind or eerie!

 

[muleskinner]

They're pretty ugly, but they taste like chicken.
Just kidding.

 

[River Rat]

Down here we know them as buzzards...and they stink to high heaven.

RR

 

[Hill Billy]

They're pretty ugly, but they taste like chicken.
Just kidding.

Yeah I was wondering if they taste like turkey or not.it's to my understanding the buzzard is a protected bird.

 

[CarolinaDigs]

Down here we know them as buzzards...and they stink to high heaven.

RR

Yep !!! What River said

 

[bill gent]

my favorite recollection of them was : As i was traveling down the NYthwy several years ago there was several state workers that were supposed labor on the center island, just leaning on their rakes and digging tools not moving a muscle; an directly overhead was a group of turkey vultures circling.
thought it was ironic

 

[mercenary]

my favorite recollection of them was : As i was traveling down the NYthwy several years ago there was several state workers that were supposed labor on the center island, just leaning on their rakes and digging tools not moving a muscle; an directly overhead was a group of turkey vultures circling.
thought it was ironic

State workers are dead weight? You don't say!

 

[gnewt]

Commanly known as the funeral attender, this bird attends every funeral of every animal that passes on. It is busy most of its life taking care of poacher waste and road kill, no other bird is more watchfull.
This bird, to make up for size and strength works hard and will remove a body bits at a time, a hard worker, and its image should be displayed on one of the States Flags. We need to do this before some other nation claims this honor.
I love this bird so much I would like to see everyone hug and kiss it while I took pictures from a distance.

 

[FlatCat]

We have hundreds here in Central Florida. They are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/intrnltr/mbta/mbtintro.html
Scroll down the alphabetical list to "V", look under Vultures. Right there is Vulture, Turkey, Cathartes Aura