Fiction Authors Get It Wrong
Joyce Miller (Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:58:06 PDT)

Some years ago, a co-worker came to me asking me about a reference in a
mystery novel which was "the night song of the Cancun vulture." I checked
my few bird reference books, the Sacramento, California, Audobon Chapter,
and finally an international site in British Columbia, Canada. I was
especially puzzled with the night song descripture because I had always
thought vultures were diurnal. I wrote a query to the author of the mystery
care of his publisher and forgot about the issue. Several months later, I
received a hand written response from the author telling me "I made it all
up."
Joyce Miller, Gresham, Oregon, USA