Vulture Roost

One of the fun aspects of staying at the Spring Mill Inn was the vulture roost just east of the Inn. It seemed like hundreds of vultures would come in to roost in the early evening and stay until the sun was well above the horizon.

The roost mostly had Turkey Vultures, but there were a number of Black Vultures, like this one, mixed in. It might be a challenge to tell a perched black-headed immature Turkey Vultures from a Black Vulture, but these Black's flew around enough to see their distinctive shape.

It might be wise not to stand directly under the trees...



One of the Turkey Vultures was perched a little lower, and the morning sun showed him in his best light. They might not win beauty awards, but they will always have my admiration/jealousy for their gracefulness in flight.


What to call an aggregation of vultures? A quick survey of websites came up with many different answers. Some of the names I found are a wake of vultures, a committee of vultures, a colony of vultures, a venue of vultures. A kettle of vultures describes an group of vultures flying (circling) together.