They will copulate for about 3 to 4 days. It is so dense we can't find the nests. Many trees are broken at the tops from many storms and high winds we get here. Some move on, but some stay to roost. It is now July 24th and we are seeing the new fledglings flying out of the woods. Some come out of the woods flying not more than feet off of the ground. About vultures are here. Less than the in late may. We observe them gliding over head. All times of the day,they will come and go.
Many of the older birds have wing feathers missing. The young are real black and no wing feathers missing. The young seem to be about the same size as the adults. We have picked up their poop , it stinks. The birds seem to poop in the open yard. Turkey Vultures are a beautiful thing. Approximately 30 Turkey Vultures have decided that the live willow tree across the road from my home in rural Oregon is an excellent roosting tree.
They've been roosting there nights for almost a week, perhaps longer. I have never seen vultures gather like this in a tree, and I can't recall ever seeing them in the trees around my home.
They are gentle, humble creatures. When they fly from the tree, the sight of them and the sound of their wings is awesome!
My property is fairly heavily wooded and yards from my house is a thick growth of large cedar trees, black jack and another specie of hard wood I have not identified. I know there is a turkey vulture nest up in there and suspect they are using one of several large dead hardwood trees but I have never investigated it.
I have seen young ones come crashing through the branches trying to learn to fly every year. What is particular is that 5 to 7 adults seem to be taking part in the enterprise as they are there every day.
I know these birds sometime roost together but this is a nesting sight for sure. I have seen Harris Hawks nest in groups before and am wondering if this might be what is going on. For the past 2 months there have been 2 baby turkey vultures living under our deck here in California. At first I didn't really think much of it and just tried to leave them alone, but recently the smell has become unbearable. Hopefully they'll fly the nest soon!
Do you know if these nests carry any diseases or risks? Do you know how I may get rid of the smell once they're gone?
Any insight into my situation is greatly appreciated. I'm also happy to collect info if it helps with your study. I imagine if the odor persisted it could cause nausea. I think like most birds there are few pathogens that can be directly transmitted to humans. Wetting the area prior to working should help. The kind you see people wearing in hospitals. If there are remains of vulture food items carrion removing those items should help with smell. I hope that just water should remove the remaining odor, especially once the nest has been cleaned.
We live in Southern Oregon and have a turkey vulture nesting about 12 feet from our front door in a hollow tree trunk of a living maple tree over feet tall. The arborist says the tree is healthy but has this deep hollow cavity.
The question is how can we dissuade them from nesting there? Are they a danger to kids and pets? They are very intimidating, And won't even fly off if we walk into the yard, almost seems like they hiss at us. I get that they are protected, and a valued part of the ecology, but they are creepy. My house's roof line has several levels.
For weeks now, a turkey vulture, then two, have been sitting on my roof and pecking at a window. Now, I find that they have built a nest in a sheltered corner on the roof and there are two eggs in it. Now, I am the one with the birds-eye view looking down from a second floor window as the nest is right below it. Now what do I do? I am afraid of damage to my roof. I just found three baby vultures in my upstairs fireplace.
So they also can climb in and out of chimneys, lol. Hallman on July 7, at PM. Nice blog. A question. Just today a friend sent a video cam segment of two hatching turkey vultures in an old farm out building in western Wisconsin. Quite, quite amazing. Pecking out and emergence. Interesting behavior of the mom follows. She starts "tap-dancing" around the chicks.
Forward, back, around. Sometimes awfully close to the babes. My guess was she was startled, didn't know what these things were. A friend surmised she was somehow rhythmically reassuring them with the clacking sound of her claws. Turkey Vultures will often place one or both feet on their food when eating; Black Vultures typically do not use their feet when feeding. Vultures have long, hooked bills that are designed for tearing pieces of food.
Vultures lack feathers on their heads so that they can more easily keep themselves clean when eating. Vultures will often insert their head completely inside the carcass they are cleaning up.
The legs of vultures are usually coated white, due to the dried uric acid of their excrement. Vultures will mute — excrete waste — onto their legs, serving two different purposes: In warm weather, muting on their legs serves as part of their thermoregulation — it helps to cool down their body temperature. When vultures step into a carcass, touching possibly contaminated flesh, they risk tracking bacteria around on their legs.
Behavior In the early mornings, vultures often will sit with their wings spread wide, increasing the surface area of their bodies so that the sun can more easily warm them. Vultures lack a voice box; their vocalizations include rasping hisses and grunts. According to All About Birds, "The word 'vulture' likely comes from the Latin vellere , which means to pluck or tear. It means either 'golden purifier' or 'purifying breeze'. However, vultures also use this technique as a means to disinfect their legs of bacteria following a feed on a rotten carcass as their urine possesses high levels of acid.
As well as their urine, vultures also have extremely strong acids inside their stomachs. These acids not allow help the birds to fight and destroy lethal bacteria, but also help to break down the bones of the carcasses that the birds devour, which contribute between per cent of their overall diet.
Despite the tales, vultures do not possess a sixth sense to detect, or smell dying animals. Circling vultures are in fact surveying areas for food and will use their other senses to spot, smell or hear other birds feeding on a carcass so that they can fill their voids before predators beat them to it. Vultures play a vital role in the clean-up of the environments in which they live. Thermals help these birds to reach incredible heights, most of which would be deadly to other species of birds. As a result of the threats that vultures face, the first Saturday of September is now dedicated to celebrating International Vulture Awareness Day.
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