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Article Category: Letter
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Online Publication Date: 31 Jan 2025

Observations of Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Mortality Along a Commuter Railway in New York, USA

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DOI: 10.3356/jrr2420
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Keywords: carrion; common snapping turtle; ecological trap; railroad ecology; railroad mortality; scavenging; white-tailed deer
Copyright: © 2025 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2025
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Our study was conducted along the Metro-North Commuter Railway between Southeast Station (south) and Wassaic (north) in New York, USA (2015–2022). Inset shows the location of our study area within New York.

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* Corresponding author: trrainwater@gmail.com

Associate Editor: Christopher J. Farmer

Received: 09 Mar 2024
Accepted: 05 Sept 2024
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