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This is just a beginning of with a few tips for choosing Bird Binoculars. Once you understand how you want to use your binoculars it will be easier to choose the best binoculars to meet that purpose. For example: If you want long distance viewing… like across vast expanses of ocean… Then you need bird binoculars with a higher power or magnification.

Natural History of Bird Species: Turkey Vulture               Turkey Vultures are Buzzards   Turkey Vulture Common Name     Cathartes aura Biological Name   Family Cathartidae    Biological Family Turkey Vultures are Buzzards. If you live in North America you have probably seen a Turkey Vulture soaring overhead in open areas.

Outside my bedroom window I see fluid, lithe bodies flying over the freshly cut field. They're scouring for unsuspecting mice or snakes. Clad in my Faded Glory t-shirt, blue jean shorts and navy blue houseshoes I grab my camera and zoom in. I wonder what it's like to be that hungry as I snap pictures of the turkey vultures gliding in and out of my frame.

Camera-Critters is hosted by Misty Dawn. Each week we post photos of our favorite critters. To see other participants or to join in the fun click on the camera icon. You just never know what you will see! My previous posts this week have been about a visit to my son and daughter-in-law.

I do not think this would be such a good thing to do for the state. Why I say that is because it would not look good to the tax payers for that state and to the tourists that go through that state to see rotting roadkills laying along the highway.

These are common Turkey Vultures or many in North America refer to them as Turkey Buzzards or simply buzzards. They feast almost exclusively on the carcass of dead animals - ugh!Beautiful in flight, up close - not so much!!!These were flying above some penned in chickens at a neighboring home.

For the past week our neighborhood watch program has included a cluster of eight to ten turkey vultures in mid-migration. They hunch in the topmost branches of nearby cottonwood trees, surveying the streets and, I assume, tallying all the cats and small dogs in the area.

Zone-Tailed Hawks Use Vultures As Decoys A very interesting article found online at the Arizona Republic Zone-tailed hawk is a sign of coming spring Uncommon bird can be seen around state Jim Burns Special for The Republic Mar.

A re-cap of posts for the week of March 16-21, 2008 My favorite post: The buzzards are back! Most viewed post: Thoughts on Friday Least viewed post: The buzzards are back! The post I didn’t want to feel the need to write: Education in the U.S.