Do Buzzards in England actually kill other animals? Here in Texas they only eat what something else has killed whether it be by auto or some other animal.That's a very handsome partridge!
For some reason we've seen loads of buzzards killing wood pidgeons on our road recently. So bizarre!
Do Buzzards in England actually kill other animals? Here in Texas they only eat what something else has killed whether it be by auto or some other animal.
We've never seen a buzzard kill anything, they like gliding about a lot, but not seen them drop like a Sparrowhawk.
AhHa. I have figured it out. I checked out Wikipedia for English Buzzards and come to find out that an English Buzzard is a Hawk in the US. Hawks are predators and catch, kill and eat their prey. An American Buzzard is a carrion eater or in other words a cleaner upper of roadkill. Now I guess the question is does the UK have any carrion eating birds and what are they called? And do they look like American buzzards? Pic is of Turkey Buzzards aka Texas Love Birds or Texas ParakeetsYup, one killed a pidgeon right as Ian was driving by! Big cloud of feathers
We usually only see them gliding about here, it's so weird that we've seen them eating their kill on our road twice in just a few days!
AhHa. I have figured it out. I checked out Wikipedia for English Buzzards and come to find out that an English Buzzard is a Hawk in the US. Hawks are predators and catch, kill and eat their prey. An American Buzzard is a carrion eater or in other words a cleaner upper of roadkill. Now I guess the question is does the UK have any carrion eating birds and what are they called? And do they look like American buzzards? Pic is of Turkey Buzzards aka Texas Love Birds or Texas ParakeetsView attachment 50725.
Here the only raptor or bird of prey that feeds on carrion is the Mexican Eagle or Caracara. They are often seen in the company of our buzzards feeding on a road kill deer or hog. We have crows and ravens that also feed on carrion but to a much lessor extent than do buzzards. As for hawks we have them from sparrow sized to eagle sized and they capture everything from mice to fawns to small deer. For some reason the eagles here, both Golden and Bald, feed mainly on fish that they capture in our lakes and rivers.Ah I see, that clarifies things! Here in the UK I think some crows are carrion eaters, but I'm not sure which other birds are.
does the UK have any carrion eating birds and what are they called?
And do they look like American buzzards?
I googled Texas hawk images and English buzzard images. You will be astounded at the likeness they have with each other. And having lived all over Texas during the past 70+ years I have never seen a hawk eating carrion. I wonder why? Perhaps there isn't that much carrion for everyone to go around?Yes, most of the Crow family, Rooks, Ravens, Jackdaws, Crows and Magpies.
No.
I have never seen a hawk eating carrion
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