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Talking Turkey (Vulture): Great Quotes about Vultures

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Rather than go into great detail about a variety of vultures as we have in the past, I tracked down five great quotes about Turkey Vultures , or, at least, five quotes that are either about Turkey Vultures or generically about vultures. Today is International Vulture Awareness Day ! That’s just not right.

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Birding or Birdwatching? A Backyard Realization

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Turkey Vultures swirled overhead, Red-shouldered Hawks looked for prey from a nearby dead trunk, and Northern Cardinals, Northern Mockingbirds , and Brown-headed Nuthatches made occasional appearances. .” On that trip, we actively sought new species, moving from one place to another with drive and determination.

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Arivaca Lake- The last stop before Mexico

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The layout of the lake has many small fingers that provide shelter, shallow water and many dense areas of Willow and Cottonwood trees. Both Turkey Vultures as well as Black Vultures can see seen circling over head. Here are a few of those Black Vultures…a bit high for a great photo but sometimes you take what you can get.

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Bird Migration and Conservation Meet at Selva Bananito, Costa Rica

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In doing so, they have provided food and shelter for thousands of migrant birds along with habitat for hundreds of resident birds and other players in the local Talamanca rainforest ecosystem. Lucky for us, our recent sojourn to Bananito coincided with a major push of migrants. Some were feeding on the ground. My eBird list from Saturday.

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Getting the Guan (Pawi Edition)

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The Northern Range serves to stabilize the country’s freshwater supply and shelters a terrific diversity of both Caribbean and South American flora and fauna. Dark as night with attractive white markings and an electric blue face and wattle, this charismatic tree turkey is close to extinction in Trinidad.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. People interested in animal welfare who are against this idea are completely missing the point here.

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Adopt A Turkey!

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Funny lady Ellen DeGeneres and rescue group Farm Sanctuary both want you to Adopt-A-Turkey this Thanksgiving! Says DeGeneres: “Did you know that every year between 250 and 300 million turkeys are bred for slaughter in the United States? Elizabeth, who demurs “This Thanksgiving, give a turkey the royal treatment;”.

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