Something has changed. I never saw vultures around here before. I would see them in Maryland driving south. I saw them all over California. But never around here. What is different?
Another notable event is the destruction of the “ghost ship” off the coast of Alaska having arrived from Japan as a result of the Tsunami.
It is such a strange sight to see them here they just don’t fit !!!!!!
Overpopulation of deer, more highways (plus a rising coyote population) in the northeast would seem to make the ecosystem highly favorable to a species that thrives on carrion. We’ve always had plenty of turkey buzzards, vultures are just the next step in the chain I would guess.