What is that thing?

by Birdee (Subscribe)

Posted on: Jun 6, 2007 at 1:29 PM PST

Channel: Pets & Animals

Tags:

Vulture

What is that thing? I first thought it was a pheasant, my wife thought it was a buzzard. I got home and checked the internet, and it looks like a vulture. I didn't realize they would be around here in town.

My first thought when I think of vultures are the ones from Disney's Jungle Book, with the British accents. I suppose it looks a little like that.

Barbara G says ...

On Thursday, Jul 17 at 10:32 AM

Commenter

That's a turkey vulture all right. The Oregon Zoo site says that they are sometimes attracted by the odor of gas leaks--wouldn't THAT be a story! They migrate back up here for the summer from the tropics so maybe this guy just needed a rest.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 250 Characters Left

Comments are moderated and will not appear on this story until after they have been reviewed and deemed appropriate for posting.

KCBY 11 and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.