eye+of+a+vulture

This description of the old man's eye stands out to me. Why a vulture? All I know is that a vulture is a bird, and a scavenger. I want to know what other people may think about this eye, and why Poe said it was the eye of a vulture. Post your thoughts. I think that because a vulture is a scavenger, it is connected to death. A vulture is always surrounded by death, and maybe the man in the story felt this when the eye fell upon him, with its strange gaze. The fear of this built up over time and drove the man "mad", or maybe not, as he said he was not mad.