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10-07-2012, 03:20 PM | #1 |
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| Buzzards or Hawks My daughter took Milo out today and a big black bird flew over really low and Milo started to chase it. It turned and flew the other way. She got him and got in the house because she thought it might be after him. How can We tell the difference between a hawk and a buzzard? I don't know if I have ever saw a hawk before.
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10-07-2012, 03:22 PM | #2 |
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| I would just Google the terms and see the difference. I think buzzards are huge with long, necks and very, very ugly as opposed to hawks which are pretty in appearance and mean in their actions!
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10-07-2012, 03:34 PM | #3 |
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| ohmygoodness. I Googled them and unless it is a turkey buzzard, they really look alike to me so unless there is a size difference or something, I don't know how you would tell one from the other. That turkey buzzard is ugly ugly ugly but the regular buzzard is beautiful. I don't know if buzzards attack small dogs as hawks do but seems like all the posts on here mention hawks. Maybe hawks are mistaken sometimes for buzzards as they are both so similar looking to me, just looking under Google images. Good luck finding out what you were "visited" with and keep that Yorkie baby safe from whatever it is!
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10-07-2012, 04:04 PM | #4 |
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| I never know the difference either! I'm pretty sure most of the birds I always see around here are buzzards. But they still scare me the way they soar above us! The other day there were around 5 of them by our fire pit finding some old burned up food in there. I had Jackson on a long leash and he ran out and they all flew away quickly (their wing span is freakin' HUGE), so I'm assuming they're not hawks! But I'm not entirely sure I've ever seen a hawk either.
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10-07-2012, 05:18 PM | #5 |
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| They are very hard to tell a difference if you are not familiar with them. Buzzards generally fly (soar) high in the sky in groups in circular patterns and roost in trees or high areas at night. Hawks on the otherhand, generally sit atop a high area and mostly just fly when they're on the hunt or to get from one spot to another. Turkey buzzards are black with ugly red heads. I have had them come in close on us before too. I was fishing last weekend with my hubby, and had a sand crane swoop in and try to get my fish of all things! Birds are crazy scary!
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10-07-2012, 05:19 PM | #6 |
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| When you look up and see their wings from below, the edges and tips are not even and looking like they are trimmed nicely...the feathers are uneven looking at the tips and edges....and their wings look more like they are straight and perpendicular to the body of the bird, where as the hawk has gorgeous wings, shaped like a boomerang and the edges are all even and neat. At least that is what some of the differences are in the buzzards and hawks over my area...... |
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10-07-2012, 05:33 PM | #8 |
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| Either one could make a meal of your baby. We have tons of hawks and turkey vultures around me - way in the suburbs of NYC. Whenever there's a downed squirrel, you bet the big birds are picking at it. We saw a dead squirrel in the road one time while walking Lucy. As we passed by, my daughter observed the big bird sitting on the roof edge of a neighbor's house. It was just waiting for us to pass by so that it could pick up its lunch. I wouldn't leave Lucy in my yard or even on my enclosed back deck without a human with her. Scares me to death. |
10-07-2012, 06:07 PM | #9 |
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| sounds like a buzzard. Id google it and look at pictures of both so You can be able to spot them easy. We have a lot of Hawks around where We Live, I keep Mitsi close to Me at all times and dont let Her out of My sight outside. Hawks and things can easily mistake Your Furr Baby for a Rabbit. |
10-07-2012, 06:12 PM | #10 |
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| We don't have buzzards in our area. It is my understanding that they do not have feathers on their heads. You would need to look up what kind of hawks are native to your area and also the type of buzzard. Each section of the country has it's own species. |
10-07-2012, 06:28 PM | #11 |
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| I didn't think buzzards ate live prey ... just dead things. I've only ever seen them feasting on dead animals and old food and such.
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10-07-2012, 06:30 PM | #12 |
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| It totally depends on whether you are talking about 'vultures' or buzzards. Vultures are the ones with the naked featherless neck that is long and skinny. Buzzards are just solid black are are seen circling in the sky in search for prey. Actual vultures normally don't attack anything living. They just aren't built to do so, unless it is so on the verge of death that it can't move. Buzzards on the other hand can and do attack living things . They are also called chicken hawks for this very reason. Buzzards eat carrion too, but will most certainly attack any prey animal that looks helpless or easy to catch. |
10-07-2012, 06:31 PM | #13 |
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| That's me. I thought buzzard and vultures just ate dead things mostly from movies and stories. But I'm no expert on wild things - heck, I didn't know vultures weren't all turkey buzzards!
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10-07-2012, 06:33 PM | #14 |
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| Buzzards or vultures clean up the dead. Hawks and owls hunt. The only way I can tell the difference between a flying hawk and a flying vulture (or buzzard) is that we have red tailed hawks here. They are white underneath so easy to spot. Also..they are loners. As mentioned above, the dark birds flying in circles (and most of the time with a flying posse) are the vultures.
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10-07-2012, 06:36 PM | #15 |
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| My husband said it was a buzzard because they have been in the neighbors yard eating on something dead. I have looked them up and I do think it was a buzzard because she said it was black. We never let Milo out of our sight because i am afraid something might get him.
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