With summer just around the corner, I would like to highlight one of my favorite birds — the turkey vulture. For me, they conjure up hot summer days as I watch them ride and circle in the updrafts.

Morning is often about watching wildlife here on Mt. Hoo. It’s more unusual when the wildlife is watching me. Looking out the kitchen window while waiting for coffee to brew, there was a huge turkey ...

They can smell a dead animal eight miles away. When stirring in the chill of dawn at their overnight roost, they face the sunrise, spread their wings and catch the sun’s warmth. When too hot in the ...

Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and semi-digested meat at their attackers. Turkey vultures live in a ...

Soaring high overhead, riding spirals of warm air, that broad-winged bird may be an eagle, or a hawk. But if its wings are raised in a ‘V’ shape, and it wobbles from side to side as it circles, and it ...

Multiple Types of Vultures Live in the U.S. Three types of vultures live in the United States—the turkey vulture, black vulture and California condor (which is a vulture bird, despite not having that ...

MEQUON - As I climbed the stairs inside the 125-year-old silo, it was clear I wasn't alone. Occupants in the vertical structure heard my footfalls and sounded their alarms. The first I encountered was ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Update: The Turkey Vulture Relocation effort planned in McPherson, the “Bird Banger,” has been postponed. As of Friday night, it’s unknown what the new start day will be.

BARABOO – The airspace over Devil's Lake State Park took on the appearance of a cyclone. This one, though, never touched ground and wasn't likely to be part of any weather report. In fact the spinning ...