Kansas turkey vulture boom could be a sign of climate change
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July 14, 2021
HAYS, Kan. (AP) — For the past five years or so, state Sen. Randall Hardy has watched a few dozen turkey vultures roost in a tree next to his garage.
He can tell when the migratory birds return to his central Salina neighborhood each spring as the colors begin to change.
"The roof is colored with white," the District 24 Republican said, "and if you aren't careful where you park your car in the driveway, it can change colors overnight as well."
The vultures clean up dead carcasses, the carrion that make up their diet, well enough. But with avian scavengers comes all that whitish guano.
Hardy he...
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