Buzzard.

[farmdogfan]

A common buzzard.

[carlc]

Common buzzard, not so common photography!

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[farmdogfan]

thanks Carlc.

[farmdogfan]

One more.

[MY63]

Wow what a fantastic picture

[farmdogfan]

Thank you very much MY63

[Robert]

That does not look anything like the buzzards we have in these parts (they are ugly!). Yours looks like a very noble hawk. Great picture!

[Wile E Coyote]

That does not look anything like the buzzards we have in these parts (they are ugly!). Yours looks like a very noble hawk. Great picture!

I think we went through this last year. It seems the Old World refers to hawks as buzzards. While the New World uses buzzard in reference to vultures.

[farmdogfan]

Thanks Robert, it is a common buzzard nonetheless.

[farmdogfan]

https://www.google.dk/url?sa=t&rct=j...LHAaLo8p_ksN4A

If you scroll down to the "common name" part, there is a quick explanation.

[carlc]

I'm an indifferent birder (but trying to improve) but it looks like buteo buteo, to me.

According to the entry 'buteo' on Wikipedia:
"In the Old World, members of this genus are called*"buzzards", but*"hawk"*is used in*North America."

Two countries divided by a common language (can't remember the attribution).

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[oldstoat]

I'm an indifferent birder (but trying to improve) but it looks like buteo buteo, to me.

According to the entry 'buteo' on Wikipedia:
"In the Old World, members of this genus are called*"buzzards", but*"hawk"*is used in*North America."

Two countries divided by a common language (can't remember the attribution).

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Churchill I think. But I could be wrong. Again

[oldstoat]

I'm an indifferent birder (but trying to improve) but it looks like buteo buteo, to me.

According to the entry 'buteo' on Wikipedia:
"In the Old World, members of this genus are called*"buzzards", but*"hawk"*is used in*North America."

Two countries divided by a common language (can't remember the attribution).

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Churchill I think. But I could be wrong. Again

I was. I just checked and it was George Bernard Shaw.

[carlc]

I'm an indifferent birder (but trying to improve) but it looks like buteo buteo, to me.

According to the entry 'buteo' on Wikipedia:
"In the Old World, members of this genus are called*"buzzards", but*"hawk"*is used in*North America."

Two countries divided by a common language (can't remember the attribution).

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Churchill I think. But I could be wrong. Again

I was. I just checked and it was George Bernard Shaw.

Or Oscar Wilde....

Apparently GBS didn't write those words anywhere and Wilde only wrote something similar (but not the same).


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[Deb]

Superb photos! Thank you very much.

[farmdogfan]

Thank you very much Deb.

# Carlc it´s a buteo buteo.

Regards Per.

[carlc]

Thanks Farmdogfan

It's now one of my reference pictures to augment my guide books!

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[oldstoat]

Per, that is phenomenal! I looked at the EXIF data and I was even more impressed when I saw the shutter speed and ISO. What lens were you using?

[farmdogfan]

Per, that is phenomenal! I looked at the EXIF data and I was even more impressed when I saw the shutter speed and ISO. What lens were you using?

It´s a canon 300 2,8 L IS with a 2,0 extender, but the shutterspeed is lower than i normally use (i prefer around 2000/sec or more, for flying birds), because i accidently turned the aperture setting from F/5,6 (which i normally use) to F/7,1.

Luckily it was´nt moving too fast at the moment.

Regards Per.

[oldstoat]

A good rule is that anything witty said by anyone anywhere can be attributed to Oscar