While walking in the woods with our dog, I found the remains of the right wing
of a large, dark bird. The humerus and radius/ulna are present with 
the feathers
attached to them. A few primaries are there, too. Each of the bones is about
6-7 inches long, and the longest primary is about a foot long. The feathers
are a very dark grey on the upperside and a medium grey below. I couldn't see
any other parts of the bird in the immediate area, though something 
has been eating
it fairly recently--there's still a little flesh between the radius and ulna.

Was this probably a Turkey Vulture? I wonder if it's a piece of road kill that
something carried away into the woods.

Speaking of road kills, there was a group of 8-10 vultures eating something
in the fields along Route 273 this afternoon, in the vicinity of 
where they want
to put in the big golf course development. I couldn't stop but my impression
was most of the heads were black, not red. Are there immature TVs at 
this time of year?
I haven't seen a large gathering of Black Vultures lately around here.

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato