June 2, 2011

The turkey vulture, more commonly known as the turkey buzzard, is found in most parts of the Americas and is the most common of the three species of vulture that inhabit the New World. Sometimes reaching a wing span of six feet, the almost exclusively carrion-eating bird lives year round in the Natural State.

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