Behaviour and Diet
The main diet of all vultures is carrion (dead animals). Turkey Vultures
will also eat rotting fruits
and vegetables, but this is only a supplement to their main diet. They
will eat dead mice or
snakes, but usually they feed on larger dead animals like deer. Now and
then, they will feed on
dead farm animals lying in fields. Highways provide a steady menu of
"road kill" for them.
To find dead animals, Turkey Vultures soar in wide circles. They are
easy to recognize in flight.
Their wings are in a wide "V" shape, and their wing tips curl upward in
the air. Their vision is
excellent, and sometimes they are so high up they can't be seen from the
ground. That's why
people say they appear out of thin air when something is dead or dying.
They actually do!
As mentioned, they like the cliffs and rocky points of southern Ontario.
Cliffs make it hard for
predators to reach their nests, and they also make great launching spots
for soaring over the
landscape looking for something rotten to eat. MORE!
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