As I walked past the Howell Farm pond this morning and then over the wooden bridge, I saw more vultures perched in a tree than I've ever seen before. With a great flapping of wings, they soon took flight, proceeding to circle overhead as vultures do, and this gave me a chance to count them. I counted at least 50.
I didn't have time to find what they had come for, but later at the Visitor's Center one of the farmers mentioned that a dead deer had been spotted down in the far fields.
Vultures aren't the most popular birds among birdwatchers, but they provide an important service on the farm and in the ecosystem: cleaning up, not to mention recycling nutrients.
English Language Fact of the Day: A group of vultures in flight is called a kettle. Vultures at rest are called a committee, venue or volt. Vultures feeding are called a wake.
I didn't have time to find what they had come for, but later at the Visitor's Center one of the farmers mentioned that a dead deer had been spotted down in the far fields.
Vultures aren't the most popular birds among birdwatchers, but they provide an important service on the farm and in the ecosystem: cleaning up, not to mention recycling nutrients.
English Language Fact of the Day: A group of vultures in flight is called a kettle. Vultures at rest are called a committee, venue or volt. Vultures feeding are called a wake.
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