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We
Texans are raised knowing when several buzzards are circling in the
sky it marks the spot where there is something dead. Buzzards eat
carrion, dead and decaying critters and animals. Until a buzzard picks
up some scent or sight of food they simply are a lone bird sailing
in the sky riding thermal air lift. When road kill is found many buzzards
will land and then a eating pecking order is established. I don't
understand how that pecking order is decided, it is just a fact.
At age 6 I remember using my uncles' 22 short Remington rifle to shoot
at buzzards circling overhead. I only remember hitting one once. I
hit the feathers of one wing with a thud. That wing lifted a little
but the buzzard just kept circling. |
Buzzard
Roost in Weslaco Cemetery
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine, February 2014 |
We
just returned from the Rio Grande Valley where we found a buzzard
roost near Weslaco Cemetery. Of all the buzzards I have seen - I had
never seen their roost. While looking for roosting parrots we found
a buzzard roost instead. These buzzards chose to roost in trees along
side a human cemetery. All this buzzard commotion was done in silence
contrary to parrots whose roosting method is very loud. This roost
photo was made after something spooked the group during sundown.
© Ken
Rudine
March 1, 2014 Column
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