Vulture invasion besets residents of Florida neighborhood
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 12, 2021 at 3:27 pm EDT
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Residents of a Florida neighborhood say they are beset by an invasion of turkey vultures that are damaging homes and causing major messes.
Resident Judy Oliveri told WFLA-TV that her neighborhood in the Tampa suburb of Westchase is overrun with the large black birds, and they’ve been multiplying since they showed up three years ago.
“We could have 20 to 25 vultures on our roofs. They land on our screens, their under-feathers are all over the roof, their droppings are all over the place,” Oliveri said.
“We could have 20 to 25 vultures on our roofs. They land on our screens, their under feathers are all over the roof, their droppings are all over the place,” resident Judy Oliveri told the station, noting that they ve been dealing with the birds for three years. The news report notes that the birds were likely forced out of a nearby habitat by the continued development of land in Central Florida. The United States Department of Agriculture plans to remove the birds to another habitat but they note that it will take several weeks once they start.
Of course, the vultures being migratory (and shuffling off problems for another day) is what caused the problem in the first place. Pardon us if we don t believe the designation of a vulture-free community will last.
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