The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called ... the bill dark with a pale base. Flight: a large dark bird that flies with its wings held in a noticeable ...

So, it should come as no surprise that the biblical word nesher (which seems to refer to a large, stately bird) was thought to be an eagle. THE GRIFFON VULTURE in flight. (credit: Shlomo Waldmann ...