I will admit that I haven't read all of the replies. I just had to interject -
That is definitely a hawk. A turkey vulture looks like this:
We have red tail hawks in Alabama. Where are you, Deanna (state)? We have many of both hawks and vultures here. MANY. That's not a vulture.
Deanna's pic:
Redtail hawk:
Red Shoulder hawk:
There are also Swaisons Hawks and Coopers Hawks and Harris Hawks (I will post their pics in my next post