10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
This is the time of year that we rightfully contemplate the noble Turkey. Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Photograph of a Wild Turkey at Flatrock Brook Nature Center, in Englewood, New Jersey, by Corey. And it isn’t.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Here in Mexico, I can almost always count on Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures to pad each outing’s list by two species. Turkey Vultures have a wingspan and weight similar to that of Egyptian Vultures. a The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture looks very similar to the Turkey Vulture , but is a bit smaller.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2012
The fact that these birds, and not the Turkey Vultures in my own back yard, made up my mental picture of vultures perhaps says something sad about our media-saturated age; in my defense, though, the Turkey Vultures usually soared over too high for a little girl to form an impression of them outside of a pair of dark, tilted wings.
Critter News
APRIL 12, 2009
Department of Agriculture also said it will buy $60 million of turkey, $2 million of lamb and $29.7 Tags: subsidies meat USDA pork agribusiness dairy. The federal government continued its effort to boost agricultural commodity prices today by announcing it will purchase an additional $25 million worth of pork. million of walnuts.
Critter News
JANUARY 10, 2012
Once again, the wonderful Mercy for Animals provides footage of possible abuse of turkeys at a Butterball farm in North Carolina. The full story is at CNN.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Like the tube-nosed birds, new world vultures detect the smells of rotting meat carried by the winds. Turkey Vultures have an exceptional sense of smell Corey Finger Bills in birds are also very sensitive to touch.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 5, 2011
Most likely, the seed is a of couple years old and no one else will carry it in their stores because the nut meat is not as desirable to birds (and chock full of meal moth larvae). It can even be a little cheaper than wholesale cost for most bird stores. Why is that? You can read more about that here. Is it mostly yellow or mostly black?
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