OT Help identifying bird

omahagreg · Jun 2, 2009

Saw 7 of these Sunday, floating on the draft, and got some pictures. Now, when I try to identify it-have tried color, location, etc.-keep coming up as a golden eagle, or bald eagle. Secondary color on wings would say otherwise. Any ideas? Greg

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rls_ia · Jun 2, 2009

I would say it looks like a turkey vulture. There is a couple that roost across the road on a old barn, have me a little nervous, ha.

Bob

jnr1992 · Jun 2, 2009

looks like a ole buzzard to me

johndeereman · Jun 2, 2009

a turkey buzzard has a red bald head on the top kinda like a turkey hence the name but they have feathers up the neck and around bottom of head i cant see its head good enough in pic to tell but otherwise thats what it looks like

RobMD · Jun 2, 2009

Small, pointy little head makes it 100% turkey buzzard.

kyplowboy · Jun 2, 2009

We call'm buzzards around here.

Most of the time around here when you see 7 of'm at a time there is something big and dead close by. They will also attack weak or new born amimals if they are hungry.

Dave

omahagreg · Jun 2, 2009

Thanx for the help. Yes, finally found a picture of the wings, which would indicate Turkey Vulture. Greg

James Howell · Jun 2, 2009

The photo below is of a young buzzard.

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There are 3 roosting in our "Ragan House".

Nancy took this photo while I was clearing/cutting an area of Boise de Arc ( Bo Dark ) trees near the old house.

Ugly, nasty creatures, but serve a purpose.

Chuck (CA) · Jun 2, 2009

You and Nancy really have Ray Guns in that house?

BC in TN · Jun 2, 2009

Buzzard

James Howell · Jun 2, 2009

Now that's a good one!

Took me awhile, but finally figured out we have no "Ra gãns" in the old house.

Just buzzards.

Ultradog MN · Jun 2, 2009

It's a Firebird. Rising from the ashes of General Motors.
I hope.

Billy NY · Jun 2, 2009

Turkey Vulture or as they seem to call em that around here. They follow the snow melt north in the spring, kind of like a clean up crew. I saw one pick out a dead mouse near the neighbors driveway, kind of an ugly bird, but keen eyesight no different than a hawk, a pair of them can strip a whole chicken in minutes, tossed a long time inhabitant of the freezer after I thawed it, those things were on it in no time and it was bones shortly after.

Tx Jim · Jun 3, 2009

Here in Texas there are Turkey vultures & also some black headed vultures from Mexico or South America.

rbel · Jun 3, 2009

You mean you was cutting hedge posts!

cj in wisconsin · Jun 3, 2009

Turkey vultures I'm sure

Nancy Howell · Jun 3, 2009

If we did, how long do you think those disgusting buzzards would last?

David from Kansas · Jun 3, 2009

We use them to locate DOT workers here in Kansas.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 3, 2009

Or Bow Dock around here, Nashville, TN. Comes from the French for archery bow. Indians used the already curved limbs for bows and worked pretty good. I suppose you're already watching out for the thorns!
A teacher I taught with once boiled down the oranges [another name is Osage orange] to make sulfur for a physical science lab.

Walterdavies · Jun 3, 2009

Buzzards are one of the finest fliers in the world I once saw one make about 6 flaps of the wings off the ground caught a thermal an went clear out of site riding it.
Its against the law to kill them so just watch and enjoy then as they soar above you looking for dead stuff.
Be careful to not stay to still or you might become fodder for a bunch of them, giggle
Walt

James Howell · Jun 3, 2009

Thanks for this information.

One of the mechanics that work on our vehicles is a bow hunter.

He and his brother-in-law also grind tree stumps on the weekends.

I asked them if they would grind some Bois de Arc stumps.

He asked if he could have the limbs so he could make a bow.

Learned something new today; thanks again for the information.

James Howell · Jun 3, 2009

These do make good posts; hedge, fence, corner, etc.

Wood is harder than the new foreign made staples.

We've got Bois de Arc posts on our farm that are at least 60 - 70 years old and still standing.

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