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Doesn't look quite right for a red tailed hawk. If I'd seen it here I'd have assumed it was a Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) but as far as I know, they are only found in North & South America. Magnificent in the air but butt ugly on the ground - mostly because of the head.

 

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Is a red tail the same thing as a "turkey buzzard", Newt?

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Usually turkey vulture = turkey buzzard = buzzard and as I found out here a few years ago, US buzzard UK buzzard. Totally different species.

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Cory,

 

Probably not our "turkey vulture". It is only a new world bird. Also, if he saw 4 there would no doubt have been an adult among them. Turkey Vulture (not really vultures in the old world sense of the word) have a wing span of 5 or 6 ft. B I G birds.

 

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(and - - - it would be the first 4 ever spotted in UK/Europe - - - in fact, the first one)

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Usually turkey vulture = turkey buzzard = buzzard and as I found out here a few years ago, US buzzard < > UK buzzard. Totally different species.

 

 

Cory,

 

Probably not our "turkey vulture". It is only a new world bird. Also, if he saw 4 there would no doubt have been an adult among them. Turkey Vulture (not really vultures in the old world sense of the word) have a wing span of 5 or 6 ft. B I G birds.

 

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(and - - - it would be the first 4 ever spotted in UK/Europe - - - in fact, the first one)

Red Tailed Hawk = "chickenhawk"?

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norwegian blue?

beautiful plumage ,it looks like its pining for something

 

 

one of a group of 3 that hover about here

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Looks like a buzzard to me. I only say that because of the way they're up high circling in a group of 3/4 which is quite common to see round here.

As famous fisherman John Gierach once said "I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."

 

 

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:D :D

 

Take it from somebody who has flown one of these birds, hunted with one, flown one in the forests of North Carolina.

It's a Red Tail and juvenile at that. Probably where it is quite pale coming from the North of the U S A especially on their Eastern seaboard...

 

I have also contributed to a worldwide book on them.

 

Maybe i am wrong :D

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:D :D

 

Take it from somebody who has flown one of these birds, hunted with one, flown one in the forests of North Carolina.

It's a Red Tail and juvenile at that. Probably where it is quite pale coming from the North of the U S A especially on their Eastern seaboard...

 

I have also contributed to a worldwide book on them.

 

Maybe i am wrong :D

 

snake.jpg

 

I liked it when she caught this!


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sidportrait.jpg

 

My male on my arm. If you look at the bands...He was immature but slightly darker showing that he was probably more towards the middle belt of the U S


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Brilliant pics Dave thanks for uploading them :thumbs:

 

PS what kind of snake is that?

As famous fisherman John Gierach once said "I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."

 

 

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