Mountain Lines
by Nelson Haas
TURKEY VULTURE
Cathartes aura
There is no bird soaring over the Americas so aptly named as the Turkey Vulture. Its first name, Cathartes comes from the Greek word: kathartes, meaning “the purifier” and aura, from the Native Mexican name for the bird: Auroura.
(Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)