A search has begun for a vulture that has gone missing from a zoo. Harold the turkey vulture got caught in a gust of wind during a bird display at Call Of the Wild Zoo, Essex, on Monday.

The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called “buzzard” in many areas. A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey.

Visitors to Blue Ridge can “meet” a turkey vulture up close. Four-year-old Moira Rose was brought to the center after being found as a chick in a box on a boat landing. Everly said despite the ...