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Ok so on my way to the movie theater today we saw a vulture of some sort hop across the road. I got a good enough look at it and it looks exactly like a black vulture. Except that this would be to far north for it because as far as I know we only have turkey vultures here. So is there a chance it could've just be a juvenile turkey vulture or an actual black vulture? Location is central connecticut
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biologizeable:

Well, black vultures actually get surprisingly far north these days, especially up the east coast! They do have a rather distinctive head though, if you got close enough to see that - it’s very “emperor palpatine, but with actual redeeming features”

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Juvenile turkey vultures, on the other hand, aren’t quite the distinctive red they get when they’re fully mature, but they’re more “darth vader, but as a good dad” than full-on palpatine

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That being said, the easiest way to tell turkey vultures from black vultures is their wings - turkey vultures have distinctly two-toned wings, whereas black vultures just have a lighter starburst at their wingtips.

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Anyways I know that didn’t really help you ID the bird you saw, but at least you got the vulture/star wars crossover that nobody but me asked for

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