Don't kill the snowbirds

Florida's most self-destructive annual sport - shooting at the snowbirds - opened last week. Did you bag your limit?

Once Easter passes, Florida's seasonal residents start flying north and northwest. They'll start coming back from October through Thanksgiving. Coincidentally, their migratory pattern tracks that of turkey vultures, for which year-rounders must mistake snowbirds, given their comments.

As in, The snowbirds come each year and clog the roads and the restaurants. As in, I can't wait for the snowbirds to go home. As in, Let's stick it to the snowbirds again on taxes. They're rich, or they wouldn't have two homes. If the snowbirds don't like it, they can fly somewhere else. Who needs them?

We do.

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Don't kill the snowbirds - Palm Beach Post - April 19, 2009