Turkey vultures are among the homelist of avian species; I suppose the California Condor is uglier but I have never seen a California Condor in the wild (or anywhere for that matter.) I took this photograph of a turkey vulture on one of our daily outings in Costa Rica this past January. At the time, I had photographs of many more appealing birds to post here but was reminded of this shot because I’ve been seeing lots of turkey vultures around here lately.
