Buzzard Day Festival

“Every March 15, dating back to 1957, the buzzards are welcomed back to the Hinckley Reservation by the Cleveland Metroparks official buzzard spotter,” according to the Cleveland Metroparks site.

With the coming of spring, many people tend to celebrate the warmth of the season in a variety of ways. For some folks, spring brings with it an interesting (albeit also rather quirky) pastime: bird watching.

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“Every March 15, dating back to 1957, the buzzards are welcomed back to the Hinckley Reservation by the Cleveland Metroparks official buzzard spotter,” according to the Cleveland Metroparks site.

With the coming of spring, many people tend to celebrate the warmth of the season in a variety of ways. For some folks, spring brings with it an interesting (albeit also rather quirky) pastime: bird watching.

Certain extremely avid birdwatchers, however, are not interested in just any birds. These special bird watchers are particularly enthralled by watching the buzzards return on their long trip back from their migration to the south during winter. The commemoration of this day is Buzzards Day, a day that celebrates the long return of these birds to their nesting grounds during the beginning of spring each year.

Buzzards, often found in North America, Scandinavia, and even the Mediterranean, are a species of vulture protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 in the United States. Vultures, such as buzzards, are protected because removing birds such as scavengers can have cascading impacts within an ecosystem and may even have a negative effect on human health.

For the most part, the particular buzzards related to this day make their homes in the border areas of Canada and the northern United States during the warmer months, and then tend to migrate in colder months to warmer climates in places such as South America and the Caribbean.

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