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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>S.L. Peterson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>L.D. Igl</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p style="text-align: left;" data-mce-style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Turkey Vultures (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cathartes aura&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;) lay their eggs on an existing substrate in the dark recesses of a variety of natural sites (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ref" onclick="popRef2('i0892-1016-44-1-73-Kirk1','','','' ); return false;"&gt;Kirk and Mossman 1998&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;). Although an important requirement of Turkey Vulture nest-site selection is isolation from human disturbances (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ref" onclick="popRef2('i0892-1016-44-1-73-Kirk1','','','' ); return false;"&gt;Kirk and Mossman 1998&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;), their nests have been reported in abandoned buildings since at least the early 1800s (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ref" onclick="popRef2('i0892-1016-44-1-73-Nuttall1','','','' ); return false;"&gt;Nuttall 1832&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;). Depopulation of rural areas in North America in recent decades has resulted in many abandoned buildings within the Turkey Vulture's breeding range (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ref" onclick="popRef2('i0892-1016-44-1-73-Peck1','','','' ); return false;"&gt;Peck 2003&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;). Increased use of abandoned buildings by nesting Turkey Vultures has been implicated in the species' recent northward range expansion (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ref" onclick="popRef2('i0892-1016-44-1-73-Peck1','','','' ); return false;"&gt;Peck 2003&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ref" onclick="popRef2('i0892-1016-44-1-73-Nelson1','','','' ); return false;"&gt;Nelson et al. 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="ref" onclick="popRef2('i0892-1016-44-1-73-Houston1','','','' ); return false;"&gt;Houston et al. 2007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;). Although abandoned or inoperative vehicles also are widespread in rural areas, we found no published literature documenting Turkey Vultures' use of these potential nest sites. Herein, we summarize the first documented incidence of a Turkey Vulture nesting in an abandoned vehicle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.3356/JRR-09-02.1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>The Raptor Research Foundation</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Repeated use of an abandoned vehicle by nesting Turkey vultures (&lt;i&gt;Cathartes aura&lt;/i&gt;)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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