With their long necks and sparse feathering on their heads, vultures can be downright scary looking, lacking the majesty of the bald eagle, the sleek style of ravens, or the beauty of hawks.

North Carolina's Pilot Mountain is home to several types of raptors. You can see the large birds flying at the spring equinox near Pilot Knob.

The black vulture has a quicker, shallow flap, shorter tail, and obvious white patches at the base of the primaries on its shorter, broader wings. The zone-tailed hawk and golden eagle will mimic ...

Journal of Applied Ecology 49:758-766. Blackwell, B. F., and S. E. Wright. 2006. Collisions of red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), turkey vultures (Cathartes aura), and black vultures (Coragyps ...