It's #BuzzardDay! Begun in 1957, every year the Cleveland Metroparks Official Buzzard Spotter welcomes these migratory birds back to their roost in Hinckley, OH: https://wkyc.com/article/news/local/medina-county/buzzards-return-hinckley-buzzard-roost/95-0838852a-b38b-4d72-977b-22a3b64ac0eb
BTW, in the USA "buzzard" is a colloquial term for the Turkey Vulture, not closely related to birds commonly called "buzzards" outside the Americas. But feel free to celebrate them all today! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzard
image: A. Lindsay, "A Buzzard Roost," Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1887 https://archive.org/details/harpersmagazine74decalde/page/348/mode/1up
Art History Animalia
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Zoologist exploring animal iconography via intersections of natural history with art & visual culture history. AKA Deniz (she/they), PhD student @ University of Delaware.
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November 3, 2025