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Fallon, Katie.
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Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia.
Turkey vulture -- United States.
Birds -- Conservation -- Appalachian Region.
Wildlife rescue -- Appalachian Region.
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Fallon, Katie.
Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia.
Turkey vulture -- United States.
Birds -- Conservation -- Appalachian Region.
Wildlife rescue -- Appalachian Region.
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Vulture : the private life of an unloved bird / Katie Fallon.
by
Fallon, Katie.
ForeEdge, an imprint of University Press of New England, 2017.
Call #:
598.92 F196v
Subjects
Avian
Conservation
Center
of
Appalachia
.
Turkey vulture -- United States.
Birds --
Conservation
-- Appalachian Region.
Wildlife rescue -- Appalachian Region.
ISBN:
9781611689716 (hc.)
Description:
232 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the spokesbird -- Vulture culture -- The private lives of public birds -- Rockshelter -- Wings and prayers -- Rebirth -- Hill of the sacred eagles -- On the move -- Virginia is for vultures -- Battlefield ghosts -- Welcome back, buzzards -- Epilogue : spokesbirds for the spokesbirds -- Afterword : what you can do.
Summary:
Turkey vultures, the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, are found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina, and nearly everywhere in between. We sometimes call them buzzards. A huge bird, the turkey vulture is a familiar sight in both hemispheres. Floating on six-foot wings, turkey vultures use their keen senses of smell and sight to locate carrion. Unlike their cousin the black vulture, turkey vultures do not kill weak or dying animals; instead, they cleanse, purify, and renew the environment by clearing it of decaying carcasses, thus slowing the spread of such dangerous pathogens as anthrax, rabies, and botulism. The beauty, grace, and important role of these birds in the ecosystem notwithstanding, turkey vultures are maligned and underappreciated; they have been accused of spreading disease and killing livestock, neither of which has ever been substantiated. Although turkey vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the birds still face persecution. They've been killed because of their looks, their odor, and their presence in proximity to humans. Even the federal government occasionally sanctions "roost dispersals," which involve the harassment and sometimes the murder of communally roosting vultures during the cold winter months. Vulture follows a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. By incorporating information from scientific papers and articles, as well as interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts, author Katie Fallon examines all aspects of the bird's natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. You will never look at a vulture in the same way again.
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