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Turkey vultures: harbingers of spring
Wetland Explorer
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Photo by Bob Gress Turkey vultures can soar, using the Earth’s thermals, for several hours without taking a wing beat. What look like one large nostril on their hooked beak, is actually a bony structure that protects their two nostrils that are located just above the structure.
Ah, the harbingers of spring, red-winged black birds, crocus flowers, chorus frogs and turkey vultures! What? Turkey vultures? Connected more with death than renewed life, the arrival of turkey vultures from their winter haunts is actually one of the more predictable, and early, spring signs.