This is not a very clear picture, and not a very pretty bird, but an unusual sighting for me.
Turkey vulture down by my pond. I caught this bird in flight out of the corner of my eye and something made me look twice. We often get eagles, herons, and hawks down at the pond, but this bird's flight somehow registered as different to my brain. He obliged by landing on the top of a dead tree and staying there until I could get my camera and snap off a photo. When I enlarged it, I could ID it. I've never seen one in my backyard before. Per my Audubon app, they are summer residents for me.
