KevinFRK@lemmy.world to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCommon Buzzardlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkCommon Buzzardlemmy.worldKevinFRK@lemmy.world to birding@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHM05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months 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-squareKevinFRK@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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.