Vulture in Southern AB
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CreamySmooth
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They are a good sign of a healthy ecosystem, as it indicates lots of carrion, and little disease. Vultures are very susceptible to chemicals and disease.
I was in the Sturgis area in eastern ask and would see them fighting with the bald eagles for the roadkill. Both are massive birds, and eventually the vulture numbers would push off the eagle.
I was in the Sturgis area in eastern ask and would see them fighting with the bald eagles for the roadkill. Both are massive birds, and eventually the vulture numbers would push off the eagle.
Very common in Southern Ontario. A few years ago I killed a bunch of groundhogs and left then in a pile in the open field. The next day there were half a dozen Turkey Vultures circling in the sky and then on the ground picking away at them - just like in Africa.
Yep lots of them in East Central Alberta, I think they recognize gun shots, as I've seen them circling the range, either that or we all just smell like carrion! They nest around this area, you can tell the young ones as they have white/grey heads instead of red.
Also another way to tell them when flying, is they look to have a silver edge on the back of their wings. I think it is just the way the daylight comes through the wing feathers, but it is fairly noticeable when they are flying on a sunny day.
Also another way to tell them when flying, is they look to have a silver edge on the back of their wings. I think it is just the way the daylight comes through the wing feathers, but it is fairly noticeable when they are flying on a sunny day.
Here's an excellent article about Alberta Turkey vultures from the summer 2005 Alberta Game Warden magazine.
http://www.gamewarden.ab.ca/archive/Summer2005/feature.htm
http://www.gamewarden.ab.ca/archive/Summer2005/feature.htm
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- London, Ontario
Tons here....they are out mostly during the summer months (where do they go in the cold months?) saw one today eatting a dead road-killed coon. Pretty big f**kers too
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You see them in the S. Okanagan and down in the boundary country. Used to see them a lot in SW Manitoba, especially after a gopher shoot. It was a contest between them, the crows,and the magpies to see who could clean up the most.
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- Saskatchewan
Natural nesting habitat is caves and ledges on cliffs which would limit them to the big river valleys around here, but they have proven to be quite adaptable. They nest in abandoned farm buildings on the prairies. I know of three building nest sites in my region of central Sask.
I was watching a group of 8 of them soaring while fishing the N Sask river E of Prince Albert the other day. They are smooth fliers.
I was watching a group of 8 of them soaring while fishing the N Sask river E of Prince Albert the other day. They are smooth fliers.
i see lots of them here in southern manitoba where i deer hunt, what i find more amazing, is the amount of bald eagles we've been seeing inthe past five years, i've seen them right in winnipeg along the river, and out on the prairies near deer camp.
We call them turkey buzzards around here in southern Quebec. I've seen them in bunches up to a dozen or more around my cottage in the northern laurentians. They are often mistaken for large hawks or eagles from high up, but what gives them away at times is the shear number of them seen together soaring in the high thermals. And of course closer up, their ugly freaken turkey heads!
