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Amazing birds by any name

By
Sandy Capponcelli
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 — Issue 148

ATHENS — RE: “A buzzard is a buteo, not a vulture,” [Tails of Birding, April 11.]

I am not a birder, but I enjoy birds. I have always called these birds turkey vultures. I suppose I like the word “vulture”; it seems dark and wonderful.

I am a fan of these birds. To watch them as they glide through the air is amazing. Even yesterday, right on Main Street in downtown Brattleboro, I was able to spend my time waiting for the lights to change watching them glide above the River Garden area.

They are not buzzards, they are wonders of nature.

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By
M.N. Scherbatskoy

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