Vulture Day on Saturday at the Nature Center

The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will hold its annual International Vulture Day celebration from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at 2289 County Park Drive.

Naturalist Sindupa De Silva will conduct the program, set to highlight vultures� important role in keeping ecosystems in balance.

�Just like human trash collectors, vultures work in the background, during the night or early hours of the morning. If not for them, we�d have trash all over the place,� De Silva said.

A booth will be set up inside the front door of the nature center, De Silva said. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and visitors are welcome. No registration is required for this free event.