(AP) – A Missouri naturalist is taking up the cause of a
bird with a not-so-great reputation – the vulture.The Southeast Missourian reports that Jordanya Brostoski of the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center is a self-proclaimed “big nerd” about vultures, so much so that she started International Vulture Awareness Day about two years ago. The event was celebrated at the nature center Saturday.
bird with a not-so-great reputation – the vulture.The Southeast Missourian reports that Jordanya Brostoski of the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center is a self-proclaimed “big nerd” about vultures, so much so that she started International Vulture Awareness Day about two years ago. The event was celebrated at the nature center Saturday.
Brostoski got her start working with vultures at a rescue in Kansas City,
Missouri. She says the more she learned about them, the more she “fell in love with them.”
Vultures conjure images of a frightening, hulking bird hunched over roadkill. But Brostoski says they are vital to a healthy ecosystem, helping to purify waste, which helps reduce disease.
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