Eye disease?

[Richard Stern]

I only noticed the odd appearance of the skin below the eye when I looked at the photo. Turkey Vulture on Brier Island, Nova Scotia this weekend. Is this some sort of eye disease? Mites? Fungus?

Thanks,

Richard

[Paul Lagasi]

Hi Richard...I checked some of my photos of TV's and found some have these same markings...when I get home I'll check some others..not sure what causes this...Paul

[John Chardine]

Avian pox affects the feet of birds and looks like this. I wonder if this is similar?

[Paul Lagasi]

Did a bit of online searching, I found this article about Turkey Vultures...it says as vultures get older the develope the white warts...go figure...lol..this bird gets uglier with age...

Check out bottom of this article:

http://vulturesociety.homestead.com/Photos.html