We saw a Turkey Vulture

by Lee & Selina Jeanneault
(Sudbury, Ontario, Canada)

Travelling to Hagar, Ontario, Hwy 535, spotted a scary looking large size bird, pink/red head and black body ..... it appeared to be eating roadkill.

As we drove past the large bird, it did not move. We have never seen a bird like this in our area. I had to look it up when we got home and found it on this site. It was definitely a turkey vulture ... interesting.

Yes, are in the very northern part of the summer range of the Turkey Vulture, so they are not often sighted around Sudbury - you were lucky to see this one!

The picture of a Turkey Vulture on this page, is courtesy of Dreamstime

Here is a link to a Summer Distribution Map of the Turkey Vulture throughout North America.