Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and semi-digested meat at their attackers. Turkey vultures live in a ...
A vulture soars overhead as three others are perched on the hillside at Cambria's Fiscalini Ranch Preserve. Credit: Dan McCaslin / Noozhawk photo While backpacking decades ago in our Santa Barbara ...