A dark-winged vulture descends toward the sandy floor of a desert scene, wings spread, while a bleached animal carcass lies among yucca, sagebrush, and low yellow-flowering shrubs. The caption calls it the "Buzzard Scavenger of The Ole Southwest," using the colloquial name for a turkey vulture. Turkey vultures are familiar soaring scavengers in the Southwest, riding thermals and locating carrion largely by smell. The open ground and scrubby plants place the scene in the dry interior Southwest.
Linen-textured stock with a narrow white border; small printed number "64" at upper right.
No postmark. Divided-back Tichnor linen card, c. 1930s–40s; green dealer sticker "#10 PC Birds Animals $1.-" (dealer's inventory sticker: item number, price, category) and pencil marks on back — stock number "204-400" along the top edge, vendor code with price "JE 1.29" at the top right corner, and numeral "3" at the top left corner; no message or address written.
Cite this card
Buzzard scavenger of the Ole Southwest, desert scene, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/buzzard-scavenger-of-the-ole-southwest-desert-scene-circa-19. Accessed November 2, 2026.
