This painting of Turkey Buzzard Academy of Magik and Wizardry, painted in the year 1705 by wizard artist Magus Grandini, still hangs in the great entrance hall of the Academy. Notice that the archetectural style of the Academy has changed over the years. This fortified castle style was necessary for defense in those times in this wilderness area. Also, the vegetation was more lush and the virgin forests untouched by muggle man. The muggle dustbowl effect had yet to turn the landscape into a desert. The Academy had no need for its p[resent-day camouflage from airplanes and spy satellites. In those days, few European settlers ventured this far west, and the Native Americans regarded this whole area as forbidden territory, probably because of the sudden overnight appearance of the Academy on the mountain's peak.

Information reprinted from "Turkey Buzzard Academy; a History," by Magus Spellbinder, and used by permission.

The buzzards in the sky in the original painting wheel and soar on the thermal winds that rise from the Academy, and that is why they seem a little blurred in this muggle camera photo. We were unable to translate the movement to this Internet replication.