Hi
,
No, this isn't a turkey, or even a turkey-vulture. It's actually an African white-backed vulture I photogaphed in South Africa this year. It weighs as much as a large turkey, and has a wingspan of about 7 feet.
I have always
enjoyed watching birds and have been fascinated by them. But, it amazes me that we are being asked by evolutionists to believe that, with time and chance (unbelievably huge amounts of both!), all the varieties came from one "paleo-bird", which supposedly evolved from some form of reptile! This is pure assumption on several levels, not the least of which is the fossil record. There are no fossils that empirically indicate that Darwinian evolution of any kind ever
occurred, especially birds. Fossils of birds are very rare. The main reason is likely two-fold... 1) First, since birds can fly, during the great flood they could have stayed for quite a while above the horrific events drowning and burying land-based animals, thus avoiding burial in sediments, and 2) Since bird bones are basically hollow, many that would have been buried would have floated up through the sediments (during the liquefaction phase of the flood) to the point
where they deteriorated.
Fossils of birds are rare. So are white-backed vultures which are unfortunately now on the endangered list. Thankfully, turkeys (the kind we eat here) aren't!
Have a happy
Thanksgiving!
