Shrieks, hisses, and projectile vomit are generally the sign that your house is haunted... luckily for one New York family, an animal expert was nearby to help find (and finally identify) a mystery guest in their New York barn.

The summer season in New York is prime time for baby animals to grow into self-sufficient adolescents. Young deer, for example, who began their lives being deposited by their mother in random backyards, are now mobile enough to not give local residents a heart attack when they mow their lawns. The recent creature found in the attic, however, is a different story all together.

A turkey vulture fledgling in an abandoned New York barn
A mysterious animal was making quite the racket in an abandoned New York barn (Sweetbriar Nature Center via Facebook)
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Mysterious Animal in New York Barn

"Mystery solved" began a recent post from the Sweetbriar Nature Center. The caper began when residents reported a "strange creature" making noises inside an abandoned barn. Luckily, instead of calling an exorcist, a team of wildlife rescue experts were able to locate and identify one of the strangest animals in the New York ecosystem (below).

A turkey vulture fledgling in an abandoned New York barn
The animal in question was a baby turkey vulture (Sweetbriar Nature Center via Facebook)
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Turkey Vultures in New York State

The animal in question wasn't a ghost (or a penguin, as one voice in the video, below, observed), but a baby turkey vulture. While adult turkey vultures have distinct dark feathers and bare red heads, this fledgling was adorably fluffy (below).

Turkey Vulture Fledglings in New York

The nature center shared that despite the noises it was making (and the vomiting that is used as a defense mechanism), the baby turkey vulture was in good health and not in need of rescue. It can take up to 80 days before it's ready to take flight, and it seems like its parents chose the barn as the perfect place for the fledgling to grow up.

A turkey vulture fledgling in an abandoned New York barn
The young turkey vulture might look sick, but the vomit on its beak was from a natural defense mechanism (Sweetbriar Nature Center via Facebook)
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Turkey vultures are listed as a protected bird in New York State. They are rare to find, and the majority of New York's turkey vulture population appears during the mating season to raise babies like the one found in this downstate barn.

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