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Re: vulture problem

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Bryan MacKay

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Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:11:48 -0500

While probably all of us on MDOsprey would greatly enjoy a vulture roost 
within scope distance of our warm cozy house, living near a vulture 
roost is not without consequence.  Many of you have visited Pickering 
Creek Audubon Center (winter home of the loggerhead shrike); PCAS hosted 
about 500 vultures in a few trees near the house in the 1980's.  The 
resident lost 13 sets of windshield wipers before giving up and moving 
her car to a new parking spot a quarter mile away.  Her car needed a new 
paint job too.  In addition to windshield wipers, vultures also enjoy 
rubber weatherstripping around windows.  And that's not to mention the 
"creepy" factor:  a line of curious vultures walking in a line behind 
you wherever you go.

BTW, after about 5 years, the huge majority of the vultures left, 
without any obvious reason.  I feel that something has been lost, but I 
didn't have to live there!

Bryan MacKay
Catonsville