How to Use turkey vulture in a Sentence

turkey vulture

noun

• The two most common in the United States are the turkey vulture and the black vulture.
  — Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
• Black vultures and turkey vultures are the two main species in Texas.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• The longer tail of the turkey vulture is rarely flared and appears compressed.
  — Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
• In the future, Graves hopes to look even deeper into the turkey vulture’s sense of smell.
  — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian, 21 Dec. 2017
• The episode opens on a turkey vulture strolling around the property for his morning jog.
  — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 29 June 2021
• At a quick glance from a distance this large bird could have been a turkey vulture or dark morph hawk perched in a tree next to my route.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
• The turkey vulture, in contrast with the Bicknell’s thrush, is thriving.
  — Sam Evans-Brown, Slate Magazine, 26 Oct. 2017
• Hence a group of black vultures often will drive off a turkey vulture from a carcass.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• How to tell the difference between a black vulture and a turkey vulture.
  — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2019
• The black vulture has a black head and is different from the turkey vulture, which is the bird most of us in Alabama call a buzzard.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 3 July 2023
• Unlike their turkey vulture cousins, which are easy to spot with their red heads, black vultures don’t always wait for their meals to be dead.
  — Sarah Bowman, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2021
• The wine comes from a strange little vineyard a short drive from the winery, a rocky hillside watched over by circling turkey vultures.
  — Alex Halberstadt, New York Times, 4 July 2023
• The turkey vulture hatched in 1974 and was taken by the University of Wisconsin to use for study.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
• Other birds of prey, such as turkey vultures and bald eagles, also join the migration.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Unlike their less-aggressive cousin the turkey vulture, black vultures are known to gang up and prey on living calves, piglets, lambs and newborn goats.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 7 Mar. 2022
• Black vultures’ wingspan can be up to 5 feet, and turkey vultures’ up to 6 feet. Are vultures dangerous?
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Hundreds of chatty gulls and terns crowded on the rocks, a few redheaded turkey vultures standing among them.
  — Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Lord Richard, one of the oldest known turkey vultures, will celebrate his 45th birthday Sunday with a cake only a vulture could love.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 28 June 2019
• While the turkey vulture tends to forage alone, other vultures will gather to feed on a large animal carcass.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• Condors are easy to identify because their wingspan is almost twice as wide as that of a turkey vulture, which also has a bald head and feeds on carrion.
  — Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
• Above the media, black turkey vultures circled, which struck me as somewhat redundant.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 11 Dec. 2017
• To explore problem-solving in turkey vultures, researchers applied the classic string-pulling test.
  — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• Unlike the turkey vulture, black vultures are bolder and may prey on living animals from calves, lambs, piglets, and other small critters.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2021
• Police said there were no obvious signs of injury, but there were signs of animal scavenging, likely in the form of turkey vultures.
  — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2019
• And there isn't much defense against black vultures and turkey vultures, both of which are federally protected and cannot be killed without a permit.
  — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 25 June 2019
• Females are typically slightly larger than male turkey vultures, but coloration is the same in adult birds.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• His past study of turkey vultures in Land Park helped explain why hundreds of these huge birds tended to congregate in one location (much to some residents’ chagrin).
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 19 Jan. 2018
• Meanwhile, turkey vultures, golden eagles, and hawks can often be spotted soaring above the arches.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
• State biologists found it in an area where the virus had been recently detected in a turkey vulture, and began investigating the cause of death.
  — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
• The sub-permits cover black vultures, not turkey vultures, which are also common in Alabama and are distinguishable by their red heads.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 1 July 2023

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024