Need to cool off? Enjoy a 360-degree vista from the top of Mount Diablo while watching its resident TURKEY VULTURES soar. The species has some fascinating (creepy?) habits as well as a superpower revealed almost a century ago by a team of geologists.

From a A Geology Tour on the Mary Bowerman Trail. Presented by Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in partnership with Save Mount Diablo. Photos by Scott Hein and Derek Love. Music by Phil Heywood. Production and narration by Joan Hamilton.