Thanks for starting this topic, Lucy! I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s replies. Joren made a great point in another thread:
That sums up my thoughts. I love vultures, but my feelings have already been beautifully described by others in this thread! I will add one thing, though. I noticed Diana’s link hasn’t gotten many clicks yet:
I checked it out, and it leads to the Vulture Conservation Foundation in Europe: https://4vultures.org/.
I learned that there are four species of vultures that breed in Europe:
It’s really interesting to see how different they all look compared to the Turkey and Black Vultures that we’re used to seeing in the US and Canada.