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Turkey Vulture at Calero

CaleroHawk2005|11|26: Hawk. Calero Park. November 26, 2005. © Dan Mitchell.
Turkey Vulture. Calero Park. November 26, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.

CaleroHawkVert2005|11|26: Hawk. Calero Park. November 26, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
Turkey Vulture. Calero Park. November 26, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.

(Note: I had originally - and ignorantly - identified these birds as “hawks.” My friend Tom Clifton tells me that these are actually turkey vultures, based on the wing shape.)

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Posted by Dan Mitchell on Saturday, November 26, 2005, at 1:31 pm, and filed under Photography: Calero. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

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  1. Tom Clifton | November 27, 2005 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    Actually, those are turkey vultures. The pronounced v-shape of the wings it a key for identification.

  2. Dan Mitchell | November 27, 2005 at 9:38 am | Permalink

    :-) I definitely do not know my birds! Thanks for letting me know, Tom.

    Dan