My go is for the Buzzard, it would sure as hell make desert trips and heat waves seem a lot less worrying and paranoiac.

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    1 month ago

    As a rotting corpse I live in constant fear of buzzards.

    But ya the only buzzards I know chill on dumpsters and fly in lazy circles. I blame Disney for and negative portrayals.

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        1 month ago

        Ok, I googled it really quick because I was almost certain that’s a photo of a hawk.

        Apparently, in the US, we use “hawk” to refer to hawks and buzzards, but use “buzzard” to refer to vultures.

        So not confusing at all.

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        1 month ago

        This is a very good point. I was thinking of Cathartes but you are talking about Buteo. That’s a a mal-Americanism on my part.