Unexpected scene
I traveled the other day to a meeting in a corporate office building. While awaiting for people to arrive, I saw some birds at a distance congregating on the building edge. I thought to myself that these birds look a bit large to be pigeons, so I went to ...
Wow, a large grouping of vultures is a little off putting for some reason in my mind.
I’m sure i’m being unfair to them, but that is from my ignorance. I should read up about them.
Turkey Vultures are quite
prevalent in The Hudson Valley…they are natures trash collectors which eat what would otherwise rot on your property…
That’s exactly what I was thinking!
I mean even in myles’ example above they gathered on a tree…but I never would have guessed they’d hang out like this on a building. Even though it was a suburban area, it was still developed as opposed to having a lot of wooded or open undeveloped land. L...
In Miami they are extremely common.
My cousin lives there and you can spot them around almost every day.
Quite a “committee” you have there!
Interesting fact - in general a group of vultures is called a “committee”. However when feeding on carrion, they are called a “wake”. Traditional English has some wonderful words for a group of animals/birds etc.
