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  • Turkey Vulture Feaking After Eating

    Turkey Vulture Feaking After Eating

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    This turkey vulture ate a dead stingray in the marsh and comes up to the dock to feak. Feaking is the act of a bird cleaning and or honing it’s beak after eating. In Charleston SC, they have to work with the tides to eat. They can’t eat the things they can’t see or get…

  • See Through Turkey Vulture Nose

    See Through Turkey Vulture Nose

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    Two turkey vultures are in an oak tree along the marsh and then fly down to a shed. One is sunning and the other is curious about the ground where our compost bin is. Alas, it’s just veggies! Turkey vultures are sweet, goofy, and very fast runners. They have a great sense of smell to…

  • Turkey Vulture Sunning Horaltic Pose

    Turkey Vulture Sunning Horaltic Pose

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    This turkey vulture is sunning with the sun on his back on our dock in Charleston SC in Dec 2024. Adult turkey vultures wingspan is about 6 feet. This position is referred to as the horaltic position. Outstretched feathers can be for thermoregulating (warming up or cooling down), drying feathers or for killing bacteria or…