A Wake of Vultures?
I met a group of vultures at Washington Valley Park last autumn when I noticed a bunch of them in a patch of trees between the Washington Valley Reservoir and Newman's Lane. As you can see from the 1st photo, even a casual glance in their direction made it clear there were large birds up there. A quick look through my binoculars confirmed what I pretty much knew, that these were vultures. November 29, 2022 at Washington Valley Park Photo 251085840, (c) jpviolette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) Similar to when I saw a rafter of Wild Turkeys , I wondered what you're supposed to call a group of vultures. This webpage provided me with 3 candidates: A colony of vultures. This certainly suggests a group, though I wonder if it implies more cooperation and cohesiveness than a group of mixed-species vultures really represents. Also, a colony sounds a little more geographically persistent than I'd like for birds that won't stay in these particular trees for more than a few h...