Every spring, the township of Hinckley, Ohio celebrates the arrival of spring when the buzzards return from their winter stomping grounds in the southern United States and points further south. On March 15th of every year, the birds arrive exactly on schedule (don't report one before then, it's not "real" until the OFFICIAL BUZZARD SPOTTER announces that they have indeed returned) and set up housekeeping in Hinckley Reservation, the home of Hinckley Lake and Whipp's Ledges. Every year, the Sunday after the buzzards arrival is designated Buzzard Sunday and thousands of people descend on the town for buzzard spotting, arts & crafts shows, and a renowned pancake breakfast.
Learn more about buzzards, their famous return to Hinckley, the folklore behind their return, and miscellaneous trivia involving this curious bird by completing this quiz and discover the coordinates to the cache.
Fill in the letters: N 41° Z Z . P R U W 81° A D . B O T
B = Number of letters in the 1st word of the name of the establishment located at the coordinates at the top of the page. (Don't include the 's if you see one.)
U = The last number in the year of the Great Hinckley Hunt.
ZZ = Flip flop the numbers in the double-digit number of bears killed in the Great Hinckley Hunt.
A = Subtract 9 from the total number of letters in the real name of this misunderstood bird, the buzzard.
R = The buzzard often defecates on it's own legs, using the evaporation of the water in the feces and/or urine to cool itself down, a process known as . Subtract 8 from the number of letters in this answer.
D = A successful radio station in Cleveland was branded The Home Of The Buzzard. Subtract 8 from the number of letters in the last name of the disc jockey from that station in the 2 PM to 6 PM time slot from 1974 - 1988.
T = When circling in the air, a group of vultures is called a . Take the numeric value (a=1, b=2, c=3, etc.) of the first and last letters in the answer, add them together and divide the sum by 4.
O = Subtract 5 from the last number in the year the township of Hinckley, Ohio began commemorating March 15th as
The Return of the Buzzards, sparked by interest developed from a Cleveland Press newspaper article.
P = Subtract two from the price of a 1st class US postage stamp in the year of question O's answer.