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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 the 

 young appeared. 

 They were quiet, 

 rather attractive 

 looking fellows, 

 in their suits of 

 white down and 

 buttons ( eyes, 

 bill, etc.) of jet. 

 The young are 

 fed by regurgi- 

 t a t i o n ; what, 

 were best not 

 specified. A Vul- 

 ture's eyrie is 

 not an inviting- 

 place at its best ; 

 and at its worst, 

 when the season 

 is advanced, it is 



a w fill Taken near Columbus 



Photo by the Author. 



The parents, 



, A NESTING SITE 



n o w e v e r, s e- OF THE TU RKEY VULTURE 



