Jackal Buzzard

BigAl

I found this guy alongside the road, and just as I got him all lined up, he up and flew off. He hit the grass on the otherside of the road and picked up a mouse (how he saw I have no idea). He then flew back to the next telephone pole. I freewheeled closer and took a few shots:







I then freewheeled past him and as breakfast was now finished he didn't budge:






(Sorry about the very unartistic perch )

JavaLover

Very nice! As for the perch, it is what it is, electrical lines and such are 'nature' to them these days.

DonRicklin

Nice shots, but that doesn't look like any kind uf buzzard. Looks like a hawk, though that me be what it's called in Africa. Not the first time something has been officially missed named, if so.



Don

BigAl

JavaLover wrote:

Very nice! As for the perch, it is what it is, electrical lines and such are 'nature' to them these days.

Thanks! Unfortunately, you're right about the lines

BigAl

DonRicklin wrote:

Nice shots, but that doesn't look like any kind uf buzzard. Looks like a hawk, though that me be what it's called in Africa. Not the first time something has been officially missed named, if so.



Don

Thanks! Disagree with you on the misnaming though - you guys over there tend to refer to vultures as buzzards

dbaker1221

Hey Al ..lucky you were driving by at the time...good captures

DonRicklin

BigAl wrote:

Thanks! Disagree with you on the misnaming though - you guys over there tend to refer to vultures as buzzards

You are correct, My mistake. Confusing Vulture and Buzzard, myself.

Wouldn't be the first time something was misnamed, though.

Don

dlplumer

Nice capture Al

Giphsub

Very cool captures Al. Beautiful bird. Was that with the Bigma?

raptorcaptor

Nice set Big Al!

bfjr

cool raptor Al

nice catch

jwear

just think of Jack as a power bird -- good look at a bird we do not get to see or ID AL

BigAl

dbaker1221 wrote:

Hey Al ..lucky you were driving by at the time...good captures

Thanks Dave - was one of those country roads where you think "is it worth going down this one?"

BigAl

DonRicklin wrote:

You are correct, My mistake. Confusing Vulture and Buzzard, myself.

Wouldn't be the first time something was misnamed, though.

Don

Hello Don! Been doing some homework - most of the buteo species are buzzards, so it would appear that most of the hawks you guys get over there would be called buzzards in the rest of the world

DonRicklin

BigAl wrote:

Hello Don! Been doing some homework - most of the buteo species are buzzards, so it would appear that most of the hawks you guys get over there would be called buzzards in the rest of the world

Yeah, lot of this going around. Our Common House Sparrow isn't a sparrow at all.

And the regional names for freshwater fish are all screwed up.



And an Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer ain't like a Hackbrett at all!

Don

Maestro

Great images Al. Its plumage and coloration sort of remind me of a peregrine falcon surprisingly. Handsome bird.

NorthernFocus

Call it what you will it's a beautiful bird. Power lines and the associated right of ways are perfect for raptors, providing both convenient perches and habitat for prey species. It would be great if they would just make stuff more photogenic

Harryb

Good capture of an impressive looking subject and better yet it eats rodents.

BigAl

dlplumer wrote:

Nice capture Al

Thanks Dan!

BigAl

Giphsub wrote:

Very cool captures Al. Beautiful bird. Was that with the Bigma?

Thanks Mike! Yes, with Bigma, resting the tripod mount on the window of my pickup (didn't have my vehicle support with on this trip).

BigAl

raptorcaptor wrote:

Nice set Big Al!

Thanks Glenn!

BigAl

bfjr wrote:

cool raptor Al

nice catch

Thanks Ben!

BigAl

jwear wrote:

just think of Jack as a power bird -- good look at a bird we do not get to see or ID AL

Thanks Jeff! You did ask for raptors a while back

BigAl

Maestro wrote:

Great images Al. Its plumage and coloration sort of remind me of a peregrine falcon surprisingly. Handsome bird.

Thanks Stephen! This is actually a pale morph - the normally coloured birds have a really bright rusty brown breast, where this guy is whitish. That is really a handsome looking bird (on my list of birds to get )!

BigAl

articblooms wrote:

Call it what you will it's a beautiful bird. Power lines and the associated right of ways are perfect for raptors, providing both convenient perches and habitat for prey species. It would be great if they would just make stuff more photogenic

Thanks for your comments!

BigAl

Harryb wrote:

Good capture of an impressive looking subject and better yet it eats rodents.

Thanks Harry! I thought you'd like the dead rodent bit Amazingly enough, the mouse was gone in about two minutes.

Ric Grupe

Hey Al...the one thing I've come to realize when it comes to names is that no matter what you call it, it is what it is and a photo provides all the information one needs.

Nice catch!

PrescottPhotog

BigAl wrote:

I found this guy alongside the road, and just as I got him all lined up, he up and flew off. He hit the grass on the otherside of the road and picked up a mouse (how he saw I have no idea). He then flew back to the next telephone pole. I freewheeled closer and took a few shots:

Hi Al, The heck with the pole and wires.. great shots of a very interesting bird. I've watched the adult RT's down a good sized mouse with one swallow, then off to catch another.

BigAl

Ric Grupe wrote:

Hey Al...the one thing I've come to realize when it comes to names is that no matter what you call it, it is what it is and a photo provides all the information one needs.

Nice catch!

Thanks Ric!

BigAl

PrescottPhotog wrote:

Hi Al, The heck with the pole and wires.. great shots of a very interesting bird. I've watched the adult RT's down a good sized mouse with one swallow, then off to catch another.

Thanks Chris!