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‘This is the worst year’: Black vultures harassing Pa. homes, causing major damage
AP via WPXI ^
| December 4, 2020
Posted on 12/04/2020 10:49:36 AM PST by 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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at wpxi.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: blackvulture; marietta; pennsylvania; vultures; wildlife
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
They didn’t capitalize black.
Neither did I.
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:12:55 AM PST
by
moovova
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:17:12 AM PST
by
budj
(Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
.410 birdshot. Problem solved.
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:17:43 AM PST
by
jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
My neighborhood two miles north of Seattle is overrun by crows. The whole Seattle area is, but it seems to be getting much worse. This morning, there were about 30 on my neighbor's lawn. I hear them walking around on my roof.
When I was a kid growing up in Seattle, robins were a very common bird, but now you rarely see them.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
How much does a friggn BB gun cost???
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:27:38 AM PST
by
Harpotoo
(Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Should be good eatin'.
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:28:43 AM PST
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
They occasionally circle, looking for my cats
Yes, Black Vultures eat live critters
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:32:10 AM PST
by
campaignPete R-CT
(Committee to Re-Elect the President ( CREEP ) )
To: Quality_Not_Quantity
It is the stench from Philly.
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:33:08 AM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(I have a burning hatred of anyone who would vote for a demented, pedophile, crook and a commie whore)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Their punishment for voting for Biden.
An enterprising person could make a fortune selling free range fowl for the Christmas holiday.
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:34:26 AM PST
by
bgill
(.)
To: 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."
In Miami they roost in large numbers on the Court House during the winter.
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posted on
12/04/2020 11:47:19 AM PST
by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
To: 4yearlurker
A murder of vultures.
One buzzed me in my pickup today. They are huge and fearless
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posted on
12/04/2020 12:47:10 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
To: Paulie
Vultures are migratory birds, Federally protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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posted on
12/04/2020 12:50:57 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions & moral values. W. Williams)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
They destroy traditional shingles too. They peck right through them because they like the gritty material.
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posted on
12/04/2020 1:06:58 PM PST
by
Revel
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
12/04/2020 1:25:04 PM PST
by
motor_racer
(Who will bell the cat?)
To: Libloather
This brings to mind an old favorite song:
%%
Carrion — my skyward son,
There’ll be some when we are done.
Lay your weary wings to rest-
Don’t you fly no more…
%%
(Paging the “Vulture Ping List” ;-)
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posted on
12/04/2020 1:30:38 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Prayers for DJ Trump BUMP)
To: Grampa Dave
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posted on
12/04/2020 1:51:22 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Grampa Dave
Vultures are migratory birds, Federally protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Another demonstration of how stupid, impractical and bullying our government has become.
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posted on
12/04/2020 1:51:40 PM PST
by
old curmudgeon
(There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
To: Paulie
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posted on
12/04/2020 1:53:14 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Pay back for electing Gov. Wolf.
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posted on
12/04/2020 2:18:22 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
To: old curmudgeon
Another demonstration of how stupid, impractical and bullying our government has become.
At all levels!
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posted on
12/04/2020 3:20:05 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions & moral values. W. Williams)
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