In the US, “buzzard” is a common, though incorrect, slang word for a vulture, going back to early settlers who mistook them.
It’s hard to associate carrion-eating vultures with beautiful red-tailed hawks, so I think most people are a bit startled by the comparison… forgetting that vultures aren’t really buzzards anyway!
Buzzard, European equivalent to an American Red Tailed Hawk, same size, similar appearance and same niche.
In the US, “buzzard” is a common, though incorrect, slang word for a vulture, going back to early settlers who mistook them.
It’s hard to associate carrion-eating vultures with beautiful red-tailed hawks, so I think most people are a bit startled by the comparison… forgetting that vultures aren’t really buzzards anyway!
anybody in particular?
He’s jumped out of the sign…
ah!
Not as noticable here, I think, cos we also recognize the Colonel by his Kentucky Colonel white clothes and old fashioned bow tie.