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nTodaynCamp Fire USA encourages all adults everywhere to write encouragingnand loving letters to the children in their lives. After all, everynchild is pretty darned incredible!
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nWhatndo kids do on a day like today? (Aside from reading any letters thatncome their way, of course…) How about some cute coloring pages?
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nLet’snface it…
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nKidsnalready have a few special days in the year. Kids often get toncelebrate their birthdays, and maybe Christmas or Hanukkah. Lots ofnkids love to celebrate Halloween, too. There’s some special someonesnwho don’t get much attention, all year long, who have a special dayntoday, too:
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nBuzzardnDay!
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nSupposedly,nevery day on March 15, turkey buzzards come to Hinkley, Ohio. Earlynin 1957, somebody published a report saying that some private recordsnshowed that the turkey buzzards arrive on the same day of the year,nand pretty soon reporters and ornithologists (scientists who studynbirds) started talking about the report, and wondering if it wasntrue. That year, when March 15th came along, 9,000 peoplenshowed up in Hinkley! The town was startled—and completely unreadynfor a huge crowd of visitors. Were the townsfolk embarrassed bynturkey buzzard no-shows? Were all those visitors disappointed inntheir quest to see one of nature’s “miracles”?
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nNonand no: The turkey buzzards flew into town, just as predicted, andnthus Buzzard Day in Hinkley got famous fast!
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nWhatnare turkey buzzards?
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nYounmay know that turkey buzzards are scavengers that live onnalready-dead animals. They do a great job of keeping the environmentnnice for everybody else—because they are like Mother Nature’sngarbage collectors and morticians, combined. n
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nTurkeynbuzzards have featherless red heads that resemble the heads of wildnturkeys.
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nFindnout more here and here.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nNational Day in Hungary
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nConstitution Day in Belarus
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nJ. J. Robert’s Birthday in Liberia
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nAstronaut Alan Bean’s birthday n
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