Turkey Vulture Sunbathing to Clean Wings

Turkey Vulture Basking in the Afternoon Sun

Turkey Vulture at Cape Canaveral National Seashore, Florida seeing to personal hygiene, contrary to common belief they are very fastidious about their appearance. Exposing the vast expanse of their 5-6 foot wingspan to the strong afternoon sun helps to reduce bacteria and small pests and keeps them looking good! 

Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture Preening Behaviour

Video: Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture Preening Behaviour

A preening Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture in the backyard are taking their appearance, hygiene, and feather maintenance very seriously. It is also unusual for two individual vultures of different species to spend the night roosting so closely together. I am always impressed with the quiet dignity of large vultures at roost. You might change your mind about vultures after watching these two attractive neat freaks. One has to look their best before heading out for a day of eating roadkill - which is a valuable service.

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Black Vulture and Turkey Vulture Preening Behaviour

Magnificent Turkey Vulture Wingspan

Video: Magnificent Turkey Vulture Wingspan

The largest visitor to the Backyard (an Eagle has never been filmed at rest) - is an impressive migrating Turkey Vulture that spent the night in the long-leaf pines behind the backyard and spent some time warming up in the morning sun before soaring to find the nearest roadkill. Seeing the full wingspan of nearly 6 feet was a delight - play this at full HD on a large screen.

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 Magnificent Turkey Vulture Wingspan

Handsome Turkey Vulture Strikes a Pose

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Turkey Vulture Striking a Pose

An uncommon capture of a large Turkey Vulture looking rather dignified and handsome and just relaxing on a fence post perch in a remote grassland area of central Florida.

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