TURKEY BUZZARDS RETURNING TO HINCKLEY

[Golddollar]

Today is the first harbinger of spring. Today is the day the turkey buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio.

 

[swsig]

Is there a song about that? I must admit it doesn't quite have the same ring to it as, "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano".

 

[mike4sigs]

I saw some buzzards yesterday here in Northeast IN

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The residents of the entire state welcome our returning buzzards! The roadkill has been accumulating for months.

Ivan

 

[Rudi]

The residents of the entire state welcome our returning buzzards! The roadkill has been accumulating for months.

Ivan

I'm sure the Opossums have been doing their bit.

 

[StrawHat]

Is there a song about that? I must admit it doesn't quite have the same ring to it as, "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano".

When the Buzzards Return to Hinkley Ridge.

Hooliganism and Big Chuck were the hosts of a Friday Night Movie and skit show. Hooliganism left for greener pastures so a skit player, “Little” John Rinaldi, a local jeweler was voluntold to fill in. They commanded the Friday night spot for decades.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bD6flYaG1U[/ame]

Kevin

 

[4T5GUY]

My Dad was working for the Feds in the early ‘60’s to the early ‘70’s stationed out of Akron. (We lived in Wadsworth.)

I really only remember a few things from back then just due to my age. We always went to Hinckley for the return but I never knew why.

Being so small I was amazed with their apparent size. My much older brother always held me up to them hoping the worst.

Jim

 

[mike4sigs]

Last year when i was mowing a neighbor stopped on his golf cart the ladies where chatting. so, we didn't have to talk across the ladies he gets off his golf cart looks up and see a few buzzards flying around. his says wave!!
i asked what for? He said so they know we are alive

 

[djohns6]

Down here we have Turkey Vultures and they can be a nuisance at times . We had a large group of them start roosting in one of our Substations and they were causing all sorts of problems. Getting rid of them was expensive and complicated . And the solution is only temporary .

 

[soFlaNative]

The story down here always was the buzzards roosting atop the old Dade Co. courthouse were from Hinckley until some buzzkill party pooper went and tagged a few. Turns out they returned scattered about from W. Va. to Ohio but not to Hinckley.
Doesn't matter much to where they're from their disappearance signaled the ending of tourist season and relief of the silly snowbird habits. Nowadays the difference is hardly noticeable due to the population but it brings a bit of nostalgia for the low key, uncrowded days of summer.

 

[djohns6]

And they are Federally protected .

 

[F4phantom]

I saw them over a week ago in NE Ohio. Seems they dissed Hinkley. They are always here early.

 

[TOM BECKWITH]

Here in upstate SC we have a lot of deer killed all during the year - road kills. Buzzards are common, usually 3 to as many as 10-12 at a time, but don't see the larger Turkey buzzard type any more. Any idea why this has happened?

 

[IAM Rand]

The next sign of spring is when the Government buzzards start circling your bank account.

 

[Jebus35745]

Wow Kevin, some more hair fell out watching the video. Can’t imagine how you found that. As a kid growing in the Cleveland burbs I remember watching the show. They would blow up things with firecrackers or was that Goulardi? Which show used the word Knif?

I remember going to the Hinkley Buzzard Festival as a kid, it’s still going strong today.

We went to Hinkley Lake last summer with the grandkids and the picnic area was like being in a different country, all foreigners. Like a reunion for not legal aliens, Larry

 

[StrawHat]

Larry, the show with the firecrackers and “knif” was Ernie “Ghoulardi” Anderson.

H&BC had wonderful skits, one of my favorites was the certain ethnic Burger King. Not able to find it on line.

Kevin