http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/counting-sea-gulls/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:16:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/counting-sea-gulls/#comment-34048 kalidas Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:44:22 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5442#comment-34048 Growing up in Northwestern Pa., I don't remember seeing all these turkey vultures that are now ever present. After seeing one on the ground, up close, I surely would remember that.. They're huge! We had many birds. Red tail hawks, marsh hawks, several owls, beautiful orioles and tangers, bluebirds, robins, all the usual songbirds but no turkey vultures that I remember in the 50's and 60's. Lots of vultures now. And coyotes.. Growing up in Northwestern Pa., I don’t remember seeing all these turkey vultures that are now ever present. After seeing one on the ground, up close, I surely would remember that.. They’re huge!
We had many birds. Red tail hawks, marsh hawks, several owls, beautiful orioles and tangers, bluebirds, robins, all the usual songbirds but no turkey vultures that I remember in the 50’s and 60’s.
Lots of vultures now.
And coyotes..

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