Peter, I have NO practical advice for your friend,
> but might offer an account of a similar situation near Annapolis.
> The family built a house near a very large, very old tree west
> of town which drew in many vultures every evening.
> They tried all sorts of "remedies," to little avail,
> but a local newspaper story generated dozens of inventive
> "solutions."
>
> I remember only one letter, from a person who pointed out
> that vultures had been know to roost there for over a century,
> i.e. that it was the humans who were the intruders, who had,
> in effect, invaded the vultures' home.

 Leo and all,

There was a very similar problem at Lake Linganore in Frederick County. They
did news stories on TV about how the residents were up in arms about a
"Vulture Problem" and all the solutions that were planned and tried. I have
no idea what the outcome was, but the problem stemmed from the fact that,
like the tree near Annapolis, there had been a vulture roost there for
centuries. Somebody didn't notice it when they did an environmental impact
job before a development was placed right in the middle of it.
       There are usually some roosting in the woods off to the north of my
place, but they aren't a problem and whenever I notice a more than
normal-sized flock I waste several minutes scanning the group to see what
percentage are Turkey as opposed to Black.
    I suggest that anyone with a "Vulture Problem" adopt my method of
dealing with it.

Jerry Tarbell
Counting vultures in Carroll County