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buzzard

any diurnal bird of prey of the genus Buteo, typically having broad wings and tail and a soaring flight: family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.)
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I had looked up in response to the sudden jackdaw-and-gull clamour, and when a buzzard emerged from the midst of the throng with a pigeon for an undercarriage, I thought maybe I was still asleep.
Buzzards sometimes hover in the manner of kestrels, although with considerably less aplomb, and I've seen a buzzard catch a blackbird in mid-air.
"I'm relieved - that was my first buzzard anaesthetic," she confessed afterwards.
Birds of prey such as buzzards are probably infected by eating affected waterfowl and are unlikely to play a role in transmission."
Both Buzzard and Gable were natives of Waterloo, Iowa.
The 995g Buzzard UL is a lightweight tent with high performance details.
This spawned the idea for the story of Buzzard Hollow Beef."
Buzzard, a Brownsville resident, was leading a walking tour of areas in the historic downtown district where different scenes of the film were shot.
Located at the site of the former US Coast Guard headquarters at Buzzard Point, Riverpoint will also provide more than 450 apartment and condominium units and waterfront activities with new piers, floating restaurants and the continuation of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail.
Follow up albums Tucky Buzzard and Warm Slash were produced by Bill Wyman and Glyn Johns at London's Olympic Studios.
A UK Airprox Board report on the incident in August said the glider pilot "saw something that at first he thought was the buzzard, but quickly realised was an aircraft".
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