Question for birders.

[femmocrat]

Do wild turkeys eat carrion?

I saw three huge birds eating some road kill. When I got closer (in the car) they flew off so I couldn't quite make out what they were. They were huge! They had wing tips like eagles and were the size of turkeys. The tips of their wing feathers were light.

I thought wild turkeys ate seeds, acorns, etc. And I didn't know they were such strong fliers. Anyone know what they could be? :shrug:

[XemaSab]

1. Those sound like Turkey Vultures

:D

[rug]

2. May be.

[femmocrat]

3. Maybe that is what they were! Thank you.

I'm off to check the bird field guide. :hi:

[petronius]

4. You might also want to look up black vultures, depending on where you are

They have the lighter color more toward the end of the wing rather than the back edge like a turkey vulture. But it's pretty likely to be one or the other. Or a crested caracara if you live way down in Texas...

[marzipanni]

5. A turkey vulture was boarding a plane with two carcasses

and the flight attendant stopped him.

"Sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed."

[mtnester]

6. We cal them by their common name in Ohio...

buzzards