The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called “buzzard” in many areas. A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey.

“This is the fault of the rubbish dump next to the airport, which attracts an absurd number of vultures to the area,” he declared. Indeed, flocks of buzzards scavenging scraps from the dump ...

Vultures play a critical role in the environment, cleaning up carcasses and acting as nature’s garbagemen. However, black vultures (Cathartes aura) are unique among New World vultures in that they are ...

It was about two years ago that the story of the dead vulture hanging from the oil derrick in Sesquicentennial Plaza began ...

To deter the vultures, the city has installed two decoy birds, designed to resemble dead buzzards, in an attempt to scare them away.