‘This is the worst year’: Black vultures harassing Pa. homes, causing major damage

AP via WPXI ^ | December 4, 2020

[rightwingintelligentsia]

MARIETTA, Pa. (AP) — Flocks of black vultures are roosting on roofs and in trees in one Pennsylvania town, causing damage to homes and property and generally harassing residents.

The birds, which can have wingspans up to 5 feet (1.5 meters), are protected under federal laws, LNP reported on Thursday.

Especially in the fall and winter, they roost together and prefer warm areas like dark roofs. The birds peck at the rubber on the roofs and target plastic things like porch furniture and garbage cans for destruction, the newspaper reported.

A homeowner in Marietta, which is located on the Susquehanna River outside of Lancaster, told the newspaper that he’s paid thousands of dollars to repair damage to his roof.

“This is the worst year,” John Enterline said. “There are many more of them.”

[Striperman]

BVM

[4yearlurker]

Here's a fun question. What does one call a flock of vultures. I know,but I'm sure the answer for many will be Democrats!

[KarlInOhio]

Flocks of black vultures are roosting on roofs and in trees in one Pennsylvania town, causing damage to homes and property and generally harassing residents.

BVM

Further jokes about Nikes and fires self-censored.

[PLMerite]

#CoragypsLivesMatter

[DannyTN]

Night of the Vultures

Black Vultures Live Matter

Vulture, oh oh
Cantare, oh oh oh oh
Let’s fly way up to the clouds
Away from the maddening crowds

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

A pellet gun might be a welcome distraction.

[applpie]

I have a group of them near me. I think they are hungry because of less road kill due to less traffic. Mine act like chickens so i give them cat food.

[11th_VA]

Why do they always have to be black?

[Joe 6-pack]

As legend has it, the natural range of the vulture extended up only to Virgina, until after the Battle of Gettysburg. The smells from the battlefield and corpses that remained there for months afterwards drew them up to south central PA.

Not sure how much truth there is to that, but it makes for a creepy myth when one goes to the battlefield and still sees the vultures overhead.

[dragnet2]

Back vulture lives matter...

[PLMerite]

A Committee of Vultures.

[Grampa Dave]

A group of vultures is called a kettle, committee or wake.

The term kettle refers to vultures in flight, while committee refers to vultures resting on the ground or in trees.

Wake is reserved for a group of vultures that are feeding.

[4yearlurker]

Yes. I knew it as a wake of vultures. Never heard of the other names. Thanks.

[lurk]

Whenever I see vultures circling, I think of Revelation 19.

[IYAS9YAS]

Well, no sh..... What? Oh. Birds. Never mind.

[Grampa Dave]

We call them dead critter removal.

If a deer, fox, coyote dies in your yard in Californicator land, it can cost a small fortune to have the dead critters removed.

Now most people just drag the dead bodies to the curb and leave them for nature.

In a few hours the vultures will leave basically the hide, skull, ribs and hooves. Then, the night 4 legged crew comes along and finishes most of the job. The left overs can be thrown into the brown composting cans.

[wildcard_redneck]

The city should create perfect roosting habitat for them on a few city buildings that are damage proof so that the vultures would roost there and not on other roofs.

[beethovenfan]

How many legs?

[Paulie]

Vultures are protected by federal law? Seriously?