Spotted this yesterday, in the neighborhood,

[elleng]

near these beauties:

(Had 'puter' issues yesterday afternoon.)

[SheltieLover]

1. Both are beautiful!

What kind of bird is this?

[jpak]

3. Turkey vulture

[SheltieLover]

5. Ty!

Beautiful bird!

[StClone]

10. I have a friend whose big historic round barn...

...houses several nests of Turkey Vultures for the last four years. She loves them to pieces! Since her house is only feet from the barn she gets kicks out of their comings and goings--the young fledged back in June but come back often.

[Blue Dawn]

2. Wow....

Looks like a red-headed vulture to me. I found some photos online and tried to compare them with the features of the head. They look very similar. I could be wrong, of course. Do you know what it is, elleng? It definitely is a vulture of some sort, am I right?

I will do a bit more online sleuthing.....

Edit: Hmmm...it appears that the feet may not be the same. The red-headed vulture has red feet with long talons. The search continues!

[elleng]

4. Yes some vulture,

in the past, some have called them turkey vultures, I think, as did jpak.

[ShazzieB]

11. I'm sure it's a turkey vulture.

I just googled "red headed vulture" and found that is a different species that is found in India and Nepal. You can read about them here: https://www.beautyofbirds.com/redheadedvultures.html

The turkey vulture is native to the Americas: https://www.beautyofbirds.com/turkeyvultures.html

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Vultures take over Leesburg neighborhood

Vultures take over Leesburg neighborhood

Crystal Owens Jan 9, 2013

For weeks Leesburg resident Allyson Camp would drive through Tyson's Corner on her way home from work and see vultures soaring in the air. ... Not an uncommon sight in Northern Virginia. ... But Camp had another thought: ...
"They reminded me of the flying monkeys in the "Wizard of Oz" and I thought 'they're going to my house,'" she said.

Truth be told, they very well could have been. ... For weeks, Allyson Camp and her husband John Camp watched as dozens of black and turkey vultures roosted in the trees behind their Mayfair Drive home. The results weren't pretty to say the least. ... Ivy along the couples home is now white from the birds defecating in their yard and their fence needs repairs.

These vultures, up to 250 a night, have taken over this southeast portion of Leesburg – stripping bark off trees, eating rubber off roofs, cars, hot tub, pool and boat covers and destroying grills. Lawn furniture tends to be a favorite treat as well. And their excrement is acidic – enough to eat the paint off cars.

Vultures have highly acidic stomach liquids and urine which helps in their role as scavengers but contributes to the damage they can cause, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ... "At night you can hear them up on the roof. They've stripped the bark off the pine trees. The sound is bad … and the drippings, they're just horrible," said Sarah Corde, who lives in the home behind the Camps. "We have people that just drive up and down the street each night to look at them."

The Camps finally got enough of the vultures shenanigans and called in the feds. ... On Jan. 7 a large crowd gathered along the street to watch officials with the USDA scare off the birds, firing blanks, pyrotechnics, lasers and other devices into the air as the vultures came home to roost.

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[Diamond_Dog]

8. You certainly live in an interesting neighborhood, elleng!

[elleng]

9. Yes, and only 60 miles south of DC!