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Flock of black vultures vexes Virginia woman
DailyPress.com ^ | January 9, 2010 | ELIZA WINSTON

Posted on 01/10/2010 11:08:06 PM PST by Daffynition

RIDGEWAY, Va. - The birds are watching Nancy Cox, waiting on her lawn and slowly chewing their way inside her Ridgeway home.

After a flock of almost 200 black vultures moved to Ridgeway this fall, Cox has had a steady stream of 30-35 large, hostile, hungry visitors each day.

"I can't even sit down to eat at the table," she said. "The vultures watch me through the window and fly into the doors trying to get into the house."

Cox has the only home in her neighborhood with rubber roofing. But she may not have it much longer. The vultures are steadily ingesting the rubber, leaving Cox with a leaky roof and shaky nerves.

According to Scott Barras, state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services Program, black vulture infestations are a common problem in Virginia.

He said the vultures often damage property because they enjoy picking on rubber, although no one is sure why.

They damage roofs by pulling off corners of shingles, and they chew off the rubber seals around exhaust pipes, Barras said. He added that they often pull the rubber blades off windshield wipers while damaging a vehicle's paint with their large talons.

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TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: pests; virginia; vultures; wildlife
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To: Daffynition

ya know, that would just be...unnerving. Along similar lines, I pulled into my driveway this weekend and I believe I observed either a female or an immature bald eagle or, possibly, a golden eagle flying out of a large tree in my yard. It was a very large brown bird of prey and definitely wasn’t a hawk, owl, or vulture anyways.


21 posted on 01/11/2010 12:04:49 AM PST by RC one (WHAT!!!)
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To: F15Eagle
You realize you forced me to post this, right?


22 posted on 01/11/2010 12:05:36 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: Daffynition
And meanwhile, all across the nation, state and local governments struggle with how to dispose of old vehicle tires . . .

The birds want rubber, so GIVE them rubber already! Give them rubber that you WANT them to chew up. It's not like we don't have a virtually unlimited supply.


23 posted on 01/11/2010 12:07:46 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: RC one
With a 5ft. wingspan, I would be intimidated if they came close.


24 posted on 01/11/2010 12:09:36 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: ebshumidors
"I can't even sit down to eat at the table," she said. "The vultures watch me through the window and fly into the doors trying to get into the house."


25 posted on 01/11/2010 12:15:53 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: Daffynition

Taze’em chere!


27 posted on 01/11/2010 12:18:15 AM PST by Atchafalaya (Atchafalaya Basin; when you're there , thats the best)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
LOL ...See? there are practical solutions to the enviroweenies' complaints.


28 posted on 01/11/2010 12:18:22 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: F15Eagle

OMG! Perfect! ROFLOLLOL


29 posted on 01/11/2010 12:20:00 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: Daffynition

If you get too close, they will regurgitate a highly putrid bolus of emesis at you as a defense mechanism. You don’t want to get close to them. They’re due to return here to Ohio on March 15th.


30 posted on 01/11/2010 12:23:02 AM PST by RC one (WHAT!!!)
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To: RC one
Lovely. I was going to suggest you get some camo and sneak up close to them and get some pix. Forget it. It was a bad idea.


31 posted on 01/11/2010 12:26:33 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: Daffynition

Now that is really unnerving.


32 posted on 01/11/2010 12:34:05 AM PST by RC one (WHAT!!!)
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To: TigersEye

Maybe they will move on to DC & roost at some Dem’s houses. It would be great to see them following Pelosi, Reid, Muthra etc around.


33 posted on 01/11/2010 12:47:10 AM PST by pandoraou812 (time to dump tar & feathers on DC!)
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To: Daffynition

Nothing a good 12 ga shotgun wouldn’t cure.


34 posted on 01/11/2010 1:08:48 AM PST by exnavy (God save the republic)
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To: Daffynition

Nancy your dead and stuck in an episode of Twilight Zone!


35 posted on 01/11/2010 2:29:44 AM PST by melsec
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To: Salamander

There are worse things in life than disembodied EVPs.


36 posted on 01/11/2010 2:38:59 AM PST by shibumi (" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
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To: shibumi

What...the buzzards are saying her name?

She’s got nothing on Leesburg’s regular buzzard occuaption.

http://audubonmagazine.org/features0811/horrorShow.html


37 posted on 01/11/2010 2:48:55 AM PST by Salamander (Hold on to all your fears 'cause when I get outta here, vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

The black ones come every spring and displace the year-round turkey buzzards.

Farmers hate them because they regularly arrive at calving/lambing time and *will* wait patiently behind the animals giving birth and feed on the offspring as its coming out.

Nasty things.

Whover said “5 foot wing span” fell short by a foot.


38 posted on 01/11/2010 2:53:32 AM PST by Salamander (Hold on to all your fears 'cause when I get outta here, vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
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To: Salamander
I've seen them eat the afterbirth, never seen them kill anything. Their beaks are big, but not as powerful as a raptors beak. They prefer decayed or very soft meat, and will wait for decay to progress.

Old farmers have been know to tell old wives tales occasionally.

39 posted on 01/11/2010 3:16:34 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Daffynition

Just how far is Ridgeway from Washington?


40 posted on 01/11/2010 3:50:41 AM PST by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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