4 May 2013

guest shots: vultures by borneodaya@gmail .com

turkey vultures photographed in the Greater Vancouver Regional District
 

 
 
Classification of 'new world' vultures, including these turkey vultures, has vexed taxonomists for decades. Current thinking is that they belong in the order Accipitriformes along with hawks and eagles as diurnal birds of prey.

Photos by borneodaya@gmail.com. Used with permission. Contact the artist for high resolution copies.

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