If you think our Birdorable birds are cute as adults, what about when they are babies? Here are some baby photos (shared via Flickr & Wikipedia) of the Turkey Vulture. Yes, Turkey Vultures are amazing creatures and even cute, especially as white down-covered babies. Both Turkey Vulture parents incubate the eggs. Both also care for the chicks, which are altricial at the time of hatching, which means they are helpless and cannot care for themselves.
Turkey Vulture Chicks by rebonnett
vulture chick 13July08 by whiteoakart
Bumble 03Aug08 close by whiteoakart
vulture2 10 Aug 08 by whiteoakart
Pretty cute, right? Be sure to check out our (adult) Birdorable Turkey Vulture gear!
11 comments on "Baby Birdorable: Turkey Vulture"
at 5:21pm
Once upon a time in Virginia, a pair of black vultures built a nest above the entrance to a cancer center. The center administration freaked because 1)migratory, protected species means no eviction and 2)the nest is right above the entrance to a building used by patients who are thinking a lot about their own mortality. The vultures stayed, and the patients *loved* them, especially the babies.
PS I assume this means that there weren't any unfortunate barfing incidents.
One for the birds!
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at 10:05am
Wren, that's a great story. : D And I love your Carolina Wren avatar! I've got a pair near my house ^_^
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at 3:03pm
TRUE STORY, AND IM THE 10 YR. OLD! thank and reply back.
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at 6:58pm
To lol who wrote There are rumors that vultures kill live chickens they are precisely that. Unsubstantiated rumors!
vultures do not kill live animals!
they clean the environment of freshly dead animals.
they digest these remains and an enzyme in their body purifies what they have eaten.
they distribute this material as fertilizer.
Cathartes Aura means purifying
at 10:35pm
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