Just in time for Halloween! This Turkey Vulture is headed to his new home at the Maturango Museum here in California.
On this mount, I included the white eye papillae (crusty eye warts, ew) that Turkey Vultures often have. This is caused from their constant exposure to rotten meat.
As this is an educational specimen, I wanted to include this feature to highlight their role as a scavenger. Honestly, this specimen didn’t even have them naturally, however, when looking through reference photos most Vultures in our region do. That’s why looking up reference photos (local if possible) is so important.
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