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Associated Press - November 27, 2009 7:25 AM ET
RADFORD, Va. (AP) - Vultures have again descended on Radford, skulking over a school and a child care center.
Over the last five years, the city has seen hundreds of black and turkey vultures flock in trees and on homes.
This year, the hunched birds are roosting on top of McHarg Elementary School and Radford Child Care and Preschool. Police fire what they call "bird bangers" to shoo the vultures away, then follow them to their next spot and do it again.
The birds are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
The vultures roosting in the city are part of a flock that once lived at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, which had 1 of the largest roosts east of the Mississippi River.
Information from: The Roanoke Times, http://www.roanoketimes.com
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