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Anyone know what kind of bird this is? It's huge! Two of them were courting on the neighbors' lawn for about 5 minutes before [personal profile] projectmothra moved a bit too quickly while we were watching them. The one in the pic is doing this wing display while the other one circled it. That's a standard swingset in the foreground for size reference. When they took off, they did a smooth, long, low glide before I lost track of them among the trees.

Thanks for any ID help.

ETA Apparently they were turkey vultures. I was confused because it looked like a turkey and flew like a vulture. :)Thanks, all!



Big birds on the lawn? Big birds on the lawn?

Date: 2008-06-20 12:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hakeber.livejournal.com
The bare head and 'clear' wing feathers are the dead give away. Too cool that you got to see two in action!

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