Any idea about this bird ?

[antgold]

nothing exotic - took this photo yesterday from my bedroom :scared:

 

[caudio51]

Turkey Vulture, they eat dead things as you can see. Nature's garbage man.

 

[wingers]

Also known as the Turkey Buzzard. FYI- There is a Mtb area in NE Ohio called vultures knob.
Buzzards love rode kill

 

[newsense]

what is it eating?:hmmm:

 

[southernerinnj]

That would be an opposum

 

[SpartaBard]

That actually looks like a black vulture. The head does not look red enough to be a turkey vulture.

 

[Norm]

That actually looks like a black vulture. The head does not look red enough to be a turkey vulture.

Yes, I believe you are correct.

 

[Frank]

I see these birds all the time:hmmm:....they circle overhead everytime I ride.

 

[idbrian]

They are a common feature at Sourlands. It is weird.

 

[Pearl]

I see these birds all the time:hmmm:....they circle overhead everytime I ride.

haha, "were not dead yet go away!"

 

[Norm]

They are a common feature at Sourlands. It is weird.

They are literally everywhere in the state. Jim and I came across some roadkill Sunday and there were probably a dozen having a party. They often sun themselves on silos or other tall structures. It's hard to go an hour without seeing one in the sky in this state.

 

[caudio51]

They are big suckers too...they must tasted awful.

 

[axcxnj]

ive seen a bunch of them at waterloo village, by allamuchy

 

[bozizle]

I never saw many of these vultures until I moved upstate...now if you go out early morning for a ride they all seem to be in packs finding dead animals and taking them apart....they can clean a small animal pretty quickly

 

[one piece crank]

Black or Turkey?

That actually looks like a black vulture. The head does not look red enough to be a turkey vulture.

I think the black vulture has a total absence of red color, so any red in the face would indicate a turkey vulture (same for the brown wing feathers).

They are darn near everywhere around here. When my kids were younger, they would lay motionless in the back yard, splayed-out in train-wreck postion, hoping to attract one and catch it!

Tom P.

 

[idbrian]

Yeah but there is an exceptionally large amount of them at Sourlands. You're right i see them in the sky everywhere but i don't tend to see them a lot on the trails at other parks. But for some reason they hang out all over the rocks of Sourlands and leave huge poops everywhere.

 

[soundz]

they're an incentive not to die on the trails

 

[wingers]

Hey Dirtybert I think these buzzards were circling when you hit the ground at Chimney Rock -- Happy anniversary eh. good to have you on the trails again!