How to Use turkey vulture in a Sentence
turkey vulture
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The two most common in the United States are the turkey vulture and the black vulture.
—Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
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Black vultures and turkey vultures are the two main species in Texas.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
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The longer tail of the turkey vulture is rarely flared and appears compressed.
—Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
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In the future, Graves hopes to look even deeper into the turkey vulture’s sense of smell.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian, 21 Dec. 2017
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The episode opens on a turkey vulture strolling around the property for his morning jog.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 29 June 2021
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The turkey vulture, in contrast with the Bicknell’s thrush, is thriving.
—Sam Evans-Brown, Slate Magazine, 26 Oct. 2017
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Hence a group of black vultures often will drive off a turkey vulture from a carcass.
—René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Sep. 2020
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How to tell the difference between a black vulture and a turkey vulture.
—Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2019
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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 | Imorgan@al.com, al, 3 July 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Other birds of prey, such as turkey vultures and bald eagles, also join the migration.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Above the media, black turkey vultures circled, which struck me as somewhat redundant.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 11 Dec. 2017
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To explore problem-solving in turkey vultures, researchers applied the classic string-pulling test.
—Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Meanwhile, turkey vultures, golden eagles, and hawks can often be spotted soaring above the arches.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
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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
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When a sheriff's deputy appeared - spotting the unusual caravan where normally there would only be deer, turkey vultures and packs of wild hogs - authorities say the teens floored it.
—Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2019
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When a sheriff’s deputy appeared — spotting the unusual caravan where normally there would only be deer, turkey vultures and packs of wild hogs — authorities say the teens floored it.
—Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
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The interloper is a large turkey vulture, this time unsuccessful.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
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