The young turkey vultures are fledglings now. Each day they hop up on branches, stretch and flap their wings. I promise some more videos, they have been so active I have a lot of video feed to sift through.
A few shots to hold you over…
The fledglings are about 9.5 weeks now. They stretch their wings often. The downy white is almost all gone. At this age, they have more black in their dark brown than their parents.
The turkey vulture siblings spend a large part of their day out of the nest cavity.
Sneaking Bliss 
That first picture is stunning.
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sometimes when they flap their wings they look like they might fall out of the tree.
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Bravo for your nature study and for sharing it with us.
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It is very interesting to go through the footage, next year I will have be sure the camera has sound.
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Excellent pictures.
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thank you
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Do you know if the adults reuse the same nest each year? I know that screech owls will use the same nest over again if possilble. But I haven’t attempted to learn that much about other cavity nesting birds. I just know that the available sites for cavity nesters is slim. I think that vutures will nest on ledges or any source that appears isolated/suitable. I have just given myself questions to go look up. 🙂
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You are correct in that turkey vultures are nesting opportunists. They will even nest on the ground.
I don’t know if the the same pair reuses the nest. They are not well studied.
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Thank you for the update, the pictures are brilliant! They grow so fast! Hoping your q&a went well, have a good day
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They do grow fast.
The Q&A went well, a lot of questions. The replay is up.
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This is so cool, I’ve really enjoyed this series. Beautiful photography in this set – can’t wait until you tell they are off feeling the breeze and riding air waves! Happy Summer to you ~
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Me too!
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They’ve become quite handsome really!
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I took a vary nice face shot yesterday with a nice view clean through the nostril. I will have to post it with some video.
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This is really very exciting! Thanks for the updates!
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🙂
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You’re going to miss your babies when they leave the nest, aren’t you?
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Nope – I will have more time to create and paint! Didn’t miss the people ones when they left the nest either.
I will see them soar high, and besides, who would want to live in a hole this long…time to leave the nest. 🙂
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