RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:03 pm
That could be an Americanism. The term "buzzard" in the old world and Africa always refers to what you and I would call hawks.
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RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:16 pm
Sometimes turkey vultures are referred to as "turkey buzzards". The old world didn't have turkeys, although they are related to peacocks, so that usage would be meaningless to them. But the origin of the word "buzzard" is European and it is especially applied to the genus Buteo which are a category of hawks. Similarly, in Europe they call what we in North America call moose (wapiti), elk. They call what we call elk, deer. Big deer, but deer.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:24 pm
Here is a lizard riding a pig.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:25 pm
Here is Miss Tennessee... or is that Mississippitennesseebama
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:29 pm
Here is Granny and Tweety looking for that puddy tat...
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:43 pm
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:47 pm
This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:28 pm
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
in Europe they call what we in North America call moose (wapiti), elk. They call what we call elk, deer. Big deer, but deer.
Moose ain't wapiti though, yo. They's Alces.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:39 pm
looks like you got a pic of the rare and elusive "Strip Club Hawk"
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:45 pm
This is an awesome picture!ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 6:45 pm
If chilly weather has set in, the puffing up of feathers to trap a layer of warm air could also make the body look bigger.ORIGINAL: geofflambert
ORIGINAL: witpqs
I'm pretty sure we have both of those around here. I have seen various falcons and hawks here, but none (when perched) looked as big in the body as this bird did.ORIGINAL: geofflambert
It could be a Cooper's or a Red-Tail. Red-Tails are as big as Bald Eagles. Here's a juvenile:
Buzzard is kind of a generic name meaning hawk. Vultures are not buzzards. With hawks, the females can be much larger than the males. So my guess is either a female Cooper's or a female Red-Tail. Full grown Red-Tails don't tend to have that much light colored feathers on the breast so my best guess is a female Cooper's.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 6:50 pm
Totally nude cabaret??? No tables and chairs at all? SRO?ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
looks like you got a pic of the rare and elusive "Strip Club Hawk"
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 6:51 pm
It appears to be checking out the egg sandwich menu, having failed to find any raw fish or carrion listed ...ORIGINAL: witpqs
This is an awesome picture!ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:55 pm
Why doesn't the store have a Fly-Thru to go with the Drive-Thru?ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
It appears to be checking out the egg sandwich menu, having failed to find any raw fish or carrion listed ...ORIGINAL: witpqs
This is an awesome picture!ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
This is a "Busy Eagle" ... so it gets fast food...
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:57 pm
The Kit-Kat Club from Cabaret?ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Totally nude cabaret??? No tables and chairs at all? SRO?ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
looks like you got a pic of the rare and elusive "Strip Club Hawk"
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:40 am
Fly-thru is not needed because there is no one who can fly here. Obesity became widespead among junk food loving American eaglesORIGINAL: ZorchWhy doesn't the store have a Fly-Thru to go with the Drive-Thru?ORIGINAL: BBfanboyIt appears to be checking out the egg sandwich menu, having failed to find any raw fish or carrion listed ...ORIGINAL: witpqs
This is an awesome picture!
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:57 am
Some sort of hawk just strafed my yard and left a cloud of (dove, I think) feathers floating.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:06 pm
Here are some of the feathers left behind. They are Mourning Dove feathers, which, if I were a hawk would be my favorite snack. Not the feathers, the dove.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:08 pm
The strike occurred about 8 ft. off the ground and it was just a flash, a bunch of doves and other birds took off and then whap!
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:19 pm
ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
Here is Granny and Tweety looking for that puddy tat...
Indian chick is a beauty. That bird is a golden eagle. I read an article about this guy in eastern Siberia, not a Mongol but another ethnicity, who rode around on a horse hunting with a golden. That bird could take down anything, mountain goats and wolves, just by knocking them off of whatever high place they were at, falling to their deaths.