National Bird Day is January 5, yet I wish to sing the praises not of songbirds but vultures — that much-maligned bird, which Ross Gay made me consider in a new light when he memorably described one such bird as wearing “that good suit of feathers.”
Occasionally, a vulture or two will land on the roof of our sanctuary, and a parishioner might comment on their presence as an ominous sign. I am amused that a flock of vultures is...
