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Turkey Vulture flock (Cathartes aura) <!--칠면조수리--> mixed with American Black Vultures
| Subject: | Turkey Vulture flock (Cathartes aura) mixed with American Black Vultures
| | Poster: | Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)
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Date: 2004:10:22 13:09:30
Upload Date: 2004:10:22 12:55:56
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Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures taking a break from searching for carrion on a Patuxent River fence.
Image ID: line2260, America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Patuxent River, Maryland
Photo Date: 2000 October 28
Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA
Source:
The NOAA Photo Library http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/
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| Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, also known in North America as the Turkey Buzzard, is a large bird found in the Americas. It is the commonest New World vulture, one of three species in the genus Cathartes, and in the family Cathartidae. It is found in open and semi-open areas, such as subtropical forests, shrublands, pastures, and deserts, from southern Canada to southern South America. |
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