The buzz on buzzrds: They may be repulsive to humans but they sure can fly

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  April 30, 2006 ;     693 words ......Canyon Rim Center. Turkey vultures and black vultures are West Virginia...presented by flying black vultures. Turkey vultures also have a keener...well as walk. Turkey vultures are more common statewide, but black vultures - generally ...

MAIN: Change in the air SUB: Warming trend brings [Derived Headline]

New Haven Register;  March 30, 2008 ;     606 words ......moved to Guilford, turkey vultures were a rarity...normal range. Turkey vultures are enormous...they do find it. Turkey vultures wings are designed...The first place turkey vultures began to congregate...parts of town. The turkey vultures became less ...

Black vultures expand range; 'Mean and ornery' birds can slaughter...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 2, 2003 ;     651 words ......Suspecting that a flock of black vultures was to blame, he drove...the baby out." While black vultures have been harassing livestock...wildlife researchers. Unlike turkey vultures, which eat carcasses and rarely attack livestock, black vultures will go after piglets...s ...

Displaced Vultures Bring Fear to the Farm; As Habitat Shrinks, 'Mean and...

The Washington Post;  December 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Suspecting that a flock of black vultures was to blame, he drove...the baby out." While black vultures have been harassing livestock...wildlife researchers. Unlike turkey vultures, which eat carcasses and rarely attack livestock, black vultures will go after ...

These Birds Wouldn't Harm a Cat

The Washington Post;  March 5, 1994 ;     538 words ......told of aggressions by black vultures but was illustrated with a photo of a dead turkey vulture. Although they...many years, I agree that black vultures can be obnoxious. They...talon holes in the cat. Turkey vultures (buzzards) by contrast...there is evidence that ...

Vultures punch nature's time clock: It must be spring

Charleston Gazette;  March 14, 2003 ;     520 words ......approach of spring, turkey vultures are probably more...it gets cold." Turkey vultures "are on the move...groups of 30 or 40 turkey vultures sitting on her...the migrating turkey vultures will head south...one group of 75 turkey vultures returning ...

TURKEY VULTURES PUT ON SHOW DURING THEIR SPRING MIGRATION A HUGE,...

Post-Tribune (IN);  March 15, 1997 ;     648 words ...DRAWING The turkey vulture is unusually...broad-winged hawks, turkey vultures, and, for a special...were all vultures; turkey vultures was my guess. Though...are bigger than black vultures, turkey vultures are lighter and...farther north than black ...

BEWARE BLACK VULTURES\ DOWN ON THE FARM, IT'S AS IF A HITCHCOCK FILM HAS...

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  March 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Aggressive black vultures, known to...calves to black vultures, said Bill...about 20 black vultures circling...Beeler. Those black vultures are ugly...20 or 30 black vultures gathering...Stephenson said black vultures have not...increasing. ...

What does it take to make a buzzard nauseous?

Paducah Sun (Paducah, KY);  June 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ......to stress. Turkey vultures and black vultures, it seems...turkey and black vultures really make...Hereabouts, turkey vultures are the more...senses of turkey vultures and must...eyesight. Black vultures also have...

It's Great To Be Gross.(vultures have fun)

Ranger Rick;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......you may see black vultures like the one below. Turkey vultures (right) live...treetops. Black vultures don't have...fly near turkey vultures and watch...When the turkey vultures head for the ground, the black vultures aren't far...

Interspecific competition between vultures for preferred roost positions.

Wilson Bulletin;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......competition between Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura...minutes] W). Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures are common in...noticed that more Turkey Vultures than Black Vultures appeared to roost...

Turkey Vultures use anthropogenic thermals to extend their daily activity...

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......pers. obs.). Turkey Vultures have long been...nocturnal flight in Turkey Vultures returning to...METHODS We watched Turkey Vultures on 120 non-rainy...Between 30 and 90 Turkey Vultures fed at the landfill...local sunset. Turkey Vultures that left ...

'Ugly as sin' vultures proliferating

Charleston Gazette;  April 21, 2008 ;     443 words ......really vultures, and either turkey or black vultures - range over much of the United...telling wildlife authorities that black vultures - the more aggressive version...to drive the birds away. The turkey vulture is named for its bald...black vulture, has a gray head. Turkey ...

Dead Meat Is a Treat; Well, at Least It Is for Scavenging Vultures

The Washington Post;  May 29, 2002 ;     295 words ......in the Washington area: turkey vultures and black vultures. Both have naked heads...are covered with shaggy black feathers. They don't win...have a sense of smell, but turkey vultures do. They can find dead...so they often fly near turkey vultures, hoping to ...

Vultures still ahead on points in Leesburg contest: Latest removal effort...

The Washington Times;  December 19, 1997 ;     506 words ......kinds of vulture: Turkey vultures have a long neck...in tall trees. The black vultures migrate only about...in Leesburg; the turkey vultures come from as far...captured and crated, the black vultures will be moved to...the county and the turkey vultures to ...