Turkey vulture - Cathartes aura meridionalis

Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura meridionalis, flying low at the San Diego Safari Park.  While they are occasionally seen in San Diego proper and all down the Baja, there seem to be a inordinately large number of them hanging out at the Safari Park.  I suspect that they are opportunistically feeding on left overs from the official zoo denizens.

Turkey Vulture

Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura, in the San Pasqual Valley, looking down like it was thinking about pouncing. Decisions, decisions. Perhaps it was the hat?

Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura, peering down from up above where it was doing lazy circles. Did we look like carrion? Or maybe it wanted that nice Nikon Camera!