David,
Congratulations for your recording. Is seems to me "buteo buteo" very comm=
on here in Alentejo Portugal and in all Ib=E9ria , "=C1guia de asa redonda"=
, "round wing eagle".
Jos=E9
--- In Ray Mansell <> wrot=
e:
>
> I've obviously been living in the US too long, because as soon as I saw
> "buzzard", I thought "vulture", and wondered why they would be hunting
> since they feed only on carrion. When I listened to your track, though,
> what I heard were definitely hawk calls, and a quick google revealed that
> the UK 'buzzard' is indeed a hawk, whereas the US buzzard is (usually) a
> vulture.
>
> Yet another example of the contradictions between our (not so) common
> language!
>
> In any case, a very nice recording, and it was good to read that (UK)
> buzzards are doing so well.
>
> Ray
>
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Avocet <> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > I thought the local buzzards had gone this year and there has been a
> > call from a wealthy landowner to shoot all buzzards (protected)
> > because they eat a few hand reared pheasants, but they're back.
> >
> > Two hunting together swooped on something in the garden near my mics,
> > and the wing noises sound like wood pigeons. It was a fast swoop.
> >
> > http://soundcloud.com/stowfordnature/dr1000-2764buzzard
> >
> > David
> >
> > David Brinicombe
> > North Devon, UK
> > Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
> >
> >
> >
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