oe THE TURKEY VULTURE. 
themselves. In Ohio the Turkey Vulture usually chooses for a nesting site 
a hollow stub or fallen log. If possible this must be in the depths of some 
unfrequented wood, but through the scarcity of suitable situations the birds 
are being driven more and more to rely upon the friendliness of man. The 
willow stub, shown in the accompanying illustration, was situated in the cor- 
ner of a wood-lot in perfectly plain sight. In fact the location was first made 
known from the distance of a quarter of a mile by the approach and sudden 
disappearance of 
a parent bird. 
Upon the de- 
cayed punk in 
the bottom of the 
cylinder reposed 
two — chocolate- 
blotched — eggs, 
one, the last laid, 
being much more 
lightly marked 
than the other. 
In due time tlie 
young appeared. 
‘They were quiet, 
rather attractive 
looking fellows, 
in their suits of 
white down and 
buttons (eyes, 
pill Netcs) motmyet. 
The young are 
fed by regurgi- 
PA ENO me swlaane, 
were best not 
specified. A Vul- 
tuneis eyrie iS 
not an inviting 
place at its best; 
and at its worst, 
when the season 
is advanced, itis === 
awful. 
The parents, 
however, se 
Taken near Columbus 
Photo by the Author. 
A NESTING SITE 
OF THE TURKEY VULTURE 
