Identificaciones de potatolord_lordofpotatoes

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) is a large raptor and scavenger that feeds on carrion. Adults have a small, reddish, bare head, which is easier to clean after feeding. Head is smaller and darker red than that of the California Condor, for which it is sometimes mistaken for. Diet: Mostly carrion. Feeds mainly on dead animals, preferring those recently dead (relatively fresh carrion). Occasionally feeds on decaying vegetable matter, live insects, or live fish in drying-up ponds. In flight, it uses thermals to move through the air, flapping its wings infrequently. It "teeter-totters" when flying, unlike a hawk that soars. It roosts in large community groups. Vocalizations are grunts or low hisses. It nests in caves, hollow trees, or thickets. Each year it generally raises 2 chicks, which it feeds by regurgitation. It has very few natural predators. In the United States, the vulture receives legal protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
2 or more TVs together is called a "committee" of vultures.
Sample sound recordings below.

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America, ed. Jon L. Dunn, 2008, p. 98-99.

Audubon Guide to North American Birds https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide and https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/turkey-vulture

E Bird https://ebird.org/explore and https://ebird.org/species/turvul/

Sharing wildlife sounds from around the world https://xeno-canto.org/explore?query=Cathartes%20aura

The Cornell Lab https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ and https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Turkey_Vulture/

Merlin Bird ID (great app available for Iphones) by The Cornell Lab (Bird ID help for 8,500+ species)

Found Feathers: https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idtool.php

Monterey Birds, Don Roberson, 2nd ed. 2002, sponsored by Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society, p.151.

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November 17-26, 2018 I participated in the bi-annual Cuba Bird Survey with Western Field Ornithologists and the Caribbean Conservation Trust (CCT). Our guides were Kurt Leuschner, College of the Desert, Palm Desert CA, Dr. Luis M. Diaz, Curator of Herpetology at the Cuban National Museum of Natural History in Havana, Jon Dunn, editor of the National Geographic Field Guide to Birds of North America, and local natural history specialists in each region we visited.
I had the privilege again, January 4-14, 2023, to participate in the Cuba Bird Survey. We did find 25 of the 27 endemic Cuban bird species as well as many other interesting plants, animals, and people. Cuba is a fascinating country and is rich in biodiversity!

All of our Ebird Cuba 2023 Trip Report sightings (61 checklists, 161 bird species) can be viewed at https://ebird.org/tripreport/103452.