CharlieT Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I often read and take issue with those who do not believe Buzzards take other birds, Mr Anser2 being one. Well, sitting here in my office with it's large window overlooking my yard I have just watched a Buzzard take a Crow that had flown off the dung heap. The Crow was probably 15' off the ground when the Buzzard drooped down onto it and brought it down onto the concrete. The noise the crow was making was tremendous and attracted 20 -30 assorted Crows and jackdaws which circled and mobbed the Buzzard to no effect. However, Mr Crow did not take lightly to becoming lunch and fought back like hell pecking at the Buzzard and after a good five or so minutes the Crow succeeded in killing the Buzzard and managed to fly off. The Buzzard is now dead in the yard still in the typical stance of a bird of prey on it's kill. A fantastic spectacle to watch but my only regret is that I was so engrossed in watching that it did not occur to me to grab the camera. Some wildlife photographer I'd make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 a crow killed a buzzard, seems abit strange to me, would of thought he would escape its grip and ****** off straight away only thing i ever see buzzards take is my decoys, ready dead animals (roadkill/shot game) and easy pickings (pheasant poults in pens) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 i once saw a buzzard kill a moorhen , the moorhen was in a stubble field next the river when the buzzard nailed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Pretty cool innit. Much rather the buzzard had won mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 a crow killed a buzzard, seems abit strange to me, Not that strange at all! have seen a fox being chased by a couple of crows from a high seat one night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I watched a buzzard chase a pigeon, and caught it, not 40 yards from me. Quite remarkable to watch, and all happened very quickly. But then i've also seen buzzards being chased by crows, and crows chasing a fox... Dog eat dog world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Not that strange at all! have seen a fox being chased by a couple of crows from a high seat one night... i have seen crows chasing/mobbing alsorts cormorants, herons, hawks, buzzards but never injure or kill anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnykiller Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Carion Crows are as hard as nails and scarred of nothing ( maybe a smokey boom stick) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair0903 Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) not that i don`t belive the op, i want a pic of the dead buzzard ! Edited March 30, 2011 by alastair0903 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I have seen a buzzard take pheasant poults from a ride adjacent to a release pen on 3 consecutive days. One also killed a woodie in my garden as I was leaving the house. One buzzard or 2 regularly take rabbits from a field adjacent to the house. Finally, I shot a couple of pigeons one evening and placed them on a top hat feeder to collect on my way home. When I went to collect them, there was a buzzard feeding on the corpses. Buzzards like live prey despite what is said about their diet. I think the crow was lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sco77w Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I saw 2 crows giving a magpie a right tanning. It only got away when a load of magpies joined in. at one point the magpie was pinned down on its back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarlair Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 I saw something I have never seen before last Friday. Driving along a narrow country road, I saw something large in the middle of the road. When I got closer I discovered it was a buzzard on a cock pheasant. The sight of my motor bearing down on them split them up, the buzzard flying off and the pheasant running into the wood at the side of the road. I know they regularly take poults but this was a full grown cock pheasant. Glad I arrived when I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Have to agree with the OP, I watched a buzzard take an oystercatcher across the river Tay from me, however it only got half way across and the struggling bird fell into the water and was unable to fly off and just drifted away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malantone Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) A couple of years ago I saw a buzzard dive like a peregrine and grab another buzzard in the middle of the back, the pair went down in circles and landed in the wood, there was only one flew out a few minutes later, I didn`t find the other one but those claws through the back must have killed it. I reckon it must have been a territorial fight. Edited April 4, 2011 by malantone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Not that strange at all! have seen a fox being chased by a couple of crows from a high seat one night... Crows have Razor sharp beaks. No surprise it won with such a formidable weapon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikka tom Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 weres the dead buz-B post the pitcher on hear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bangs Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Not that strange at all! have seen a fox being chased by a couple of crows from a high seat one night... What the hell were they doing in a high seat ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 On one of my shoots I watched a Buzzard approach a row of Poplar trees where some Pigeons were roosting. As the Pigeons scattered from the trees the Buzzard swooped on one that was a bit slow. The Buzzard sat on top of the Pigeon and began eating it. I was in camo and just sat still and watched from 100yds away. Another time I was at my local model aircraft field doing some flying. About a quarter of a mile away was an Ash tree full of Pigeons and Squabs. A Buzzard came out of a nearby wood and it started circling the Ash tree. A few Pigeons came out of one side of the tree and started flapping about. The Buzzard came round and started trying to catch one. In the meantime lots of other Pigeons flew out of the other side of the tree and off to the wood. Three or four of these hung back and started flapping about on the other side of the tree to distract the Buzzard to that side. Once the Buzzard had gone to the other side then the original Pigeons flew off to the wood accompanied by a load of others. The Pigeons kept distracting the Buzzard from one side of the tree to the other until, eventually, all of the Pigeons had escaped to the wood and the Buzzard was left circling an empty tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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