A rabbit is killed by a truck and just lays there until a Turkey Vulture comes and pecks at the rabbit for food. A Turkey Vulture lives in open areas and canyons about all over the state. It lives in Colorado from April to October. It helps people by eating already dead food and it keeps the streets clean. Turkey Vultures store their food in something called a crop which is located between the mouth and stomach. It has trouble taking off after eating. They have 2-3 babies. The babies can fly in one month. Their nests are in cliffs. The Turkey Vulture is related to the bald eagle. They have black feathers with gray tips and a red head with no feathers. They are 26 inches long with a wing span of 72 inches. They can see something from 4 miles away and can see another bird from 8 miles away.

I got my information from COLORADO WILDLIFE by Jeff Rennicke.

Illustrated by Aylia and Polly

It has no head feathers so gore does not cake on its head. Do you know what I'm talking about? It pokes a hole in its prey's body and sticks its head in the body to eat. It's a Turkey Vulture! It has very good eyesight and can see things most of 8 miles away. It's found in open areas, canyons, cliffs and plains. It eats road-killed animals. Although it eats quite a bit, it weighs less than 5 pounds. Its wingspread gets as wide as 6 feet. Babies don't get flight feathers until 2 1/2 months. There are 22 kinds of vultures. The Turkey Vulture is a related to the eagle.

I got my information from the book VULTURES by Lynn M. Stone.