I don't know but it would be a good idea to try him on the gang, sir." McLean laughed.

"Those must be blue herons, Freckles," he said.

"And it doesn't seem possible, but your description of the big black birds sounds like genuine black vultures.

They are common enough in the South.
I've seen them numerous around the lumber camps of Georgia, but I never before heard of any this far north.

They must be strays.