h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Much as most (myself included!) might find it surprising that Ohio has buzzards, the Southern Gulf Islands of BC, Canada where I grew up has vultures:

http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/birds/turkey.htm

I suppose it's all those westerns where we saw both birds in the desert.....

Very interesting entry!

I think the buzzard and the (turkey) vulture are the same bird; the pictures sure look alike. These guys seem to be everywhere. Last fall I spotted a couple browsing beside the circle freeway running around my city (always a good spot to find carrion, I suppose ).

Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a western: vultures circling, hawks hunting, coyotes on the loose, even a gang of bank robbers hitting the banks - all this inside a large city...