Buzzards hovering?

[romany52 313]

Buzzards can hover, seen it quite few times, same technique as the kestrel .

[ayrshiretaxidermy 29]

Buzzards can hover, seen it quite few times, same technique as the kestrel .

 

As above. Seen tmem do it loads of times. Harriers, Owls and Ospreys also hover.

[Malt 379]

Thanks gents, I'll deffo know what it is next time I see it!

[EskdaleHawks 8]

Buzzards can hover, seen it quite few times, same technique as the kestrel .

Seconded! They don't need a slope either. They do use the same technique as the kestrel. The speed of the wing beats depends on the speed of the wind. Little airflow or Slow wind speed = fast, deep wing beats, because the bird has to work hard to stay aloft and the angle of the body steepens to almost 90* to the wind, in a strong wing speed there is hardly any wing movement and the angle of the body is more horizontal.

[DottyDoo 500]

i was sure as shit i seen a large owl hovering 1 evening, was sure it was either a long eared or a short eared,

 

been back to that wee plantation a few times hopeing for another glimpse, but i aint been lucky enuff yet

[EskdaleHawks 8]

i was sure as shit i seen a large owl hovering 1 evening, was sure it was either a long eared or a short eared,

 

been back to that wee plantation a few times hopeing for another glimpse, but i aint been lucky enuff yet

If it's in a plantaion most probably a longeared. Shorteareds nest out on the moor.

[DottyDoo 500]

i was sure as shit i seen a large owl hovering 1 evening, was sure it was either a long eared or a short eared,

 

been back to that wee plantation a few times hopeing for another glimpse, but i aint been lucky enuff yet

If it's in a plantaion most probably a longeared. Shorteareds nest out on the moor.

 

 

 

[Lab 10,979]

i was sure as shit i seen a large owl hovering 1 evening, was sure it was either a long eared or a short eared,

 

been back to that wee plantation a few times hopeing for another glimpse, but i aint been lucky enuff yet

If it's in a plantaion most probably a longeared. Shorteareds nest out on the moor.

 

 

 

Take the gun......get a closer look at they ears..................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

joke........

[romany52 313]

i was sure as shit i seen a large owl hovering 1 evening, was sure it was either a long eared or a short eared,

 

been back to that wee plantation a few times hopeing for another glimpse, but i aint been lucky enuff yet

If it's in a plantaion most probably a longeared. Shorteareds nest out on the moor.

 

 

 

Take the gun......get a closer look at they ears..................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

joke........

 

Yeh, might even be funny if it didn't happen on a regular basis.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Mal,

 

I passed one hovering today, it was hovering above a piece of rough land abouit 20 yards off the road. What really got my attention was its legs, they were down and the talons were gripped into a ball. It was hovering just like a Kestrel with its tail wide open and very short rapid wingbeats (rapid for a Buzzard that is)There was not a lot of wind 15MPH if that, but it was facing into the wind. I could not stop and watch it as I was in a line of traffic, pity as I would have loved to see the outcome.

 

TC

[Tiercel 6,986]

Mal,

 

I passed one hovering today, it was hovering above a piece of rough land abouit 20 yards off the road. What really got my attention was its legs, they were down and the talons were gripped into a ball. It was hovering just like a Kestrel with its tail wide open and very short rapid wingbeats (rapid for a Buzzard that is)There was not a lot of wind 15MPH if that, but it was facing into the wind. I could not stop and watch it as I was in a line of traffic, pity as I would have loved to see the outcome.

 

TC

 

 

Thinking about the buzzard after I posted last night, the bird was only about 20 foot off the ground and as it's talons were clenched I was wondering it it had had a go at something and it had got away and the bird was still looking for it?

 

Just a thought.

 

TC

[watchman 256]

well it seems someone may have talked this up for me cant believe i saw it for the first time today while sitting in traffic down in gosport hants,i was watching it gliding above a tree when it started hovering looked like the body was almost vertical with the tail tucked right up under it, only hovered for about 5 seconds before dropping behind the tree out of sight certainly a fist for me but well spotted

Edited June 14, 2011 by watchman