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Between 1923Between and 1980Between , 2125 Turkey Vultures were leg-banded in eastern North America, with 136 (6.4%) recoveries and encounters.36Seven were banded in Saskatchewan during this period: two nestlings in a cave near Big Beaver (1965), two in a conglomerate cave near Ravenscrag (1972), and two in a riverbank cave southwest of Eston (1974).The seventh Turkey Vulture was banded as an adult after capture in a cave south of Big Beaver (1973).No recoveries resulted.
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