Vultures Swarm N.C. Neighborhood

ABC News Blogs ^ | 02-16-2013 | By Alexis Shaw

[Redcitizen]

Thanks to a mild winter, swarms of turkey vultures have made themselves at home in Shelby, N.C., but town residents are wary of their neighbors. While the birds normally pass through the city while migrating south for the winter, the vultures have been sticking around this year, swarming lawns and making residents nervous. "We are just not getting cold enough to push them along," Kristen Duren, an intern with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, the state agriculture service, told ABC's Charlotte, N.C. affiliate WSOC-TV. "What used to be five to 10 birds is going up to 150 birds."

[DaveA37]

Yepper. More proof that its “global warming”.

[DaveA37]

Yepper. More proof that its “global warming”. /S

[beelzepug]

Oh, man. That’s just nasty. A lot of people don’t realize we have vultures up here in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve seen them out here in the islands. They keep a pretty close eye on the beaches for dead stuff washing up.