Where are you? I thought you were near me, MD-Metro DC...
Yep a Maryland west DC suburb.
Went I first moved to the DC I lived on the east side and my parents would visit every spring break.
That was the time of the year that turkey vultures would gather in mass in my yard. (Lived in the woods back then.)
My dad would say “They are wasting their time. No way I’m gonna kick the bucket yet.”
There were tons of them. It was really creepy.