KevinFRK to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoCommon Buzzardlemmy.worldimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up154
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minus-squareHM05linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoAwesome photo. Though, I was thrown off by the picture. In the US we often refer to vultures as buzzards and we would likely refer to this as a hawk. I’m not sure how we messed that one up. Where I grew up had a ton of Red-tailed Hawks and the occasional Swallow-tailed Kites. I always love seeing and hearing them around.
minus-squareKevinFRKOPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoI think it fairly obvious that the first European settlers in North America were far from Ornithologists :) As you’ve most likely already seen to find those links, Red-tailed hawks and (what I think of as) a Buzzard share a genus Buteo.
Awesome photo. Though, I was thrown off by the picture. In the US we often refer to vultures as buzzards and we would likely refer to this as a hawk. I’m not sure how we messed that one up.
Where I grew up had a ton of Red-tailed Hawks and the occasional Swallow-tailed Kites. I always love seeing and hearing them around.
I think it fairly obvious that the first European settlers in North America were far from Ornithologists :)
As you’ve most likely already seen to find those links, Red-tailed hawks and (what I think of as) a Buzzard share a genus Buteo.