Comments on: Buzzard on Canal Hill http://pigpog.com/2008/08/26/buzzard-on-canal-hill/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pigpogm http://pigpog.com/2008/08/26/buzzard-on-canal-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-3310 pigpogm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:48:23 +0000 http://pigpog.com/?p=3701#comment-3310 <p>I think the Common Buzzard is what we call a buzzard here - on the <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/buzzard/" rel="nofollow">RSPB's Guide</a>. I had no idea the term had such varied meanings, though, so thanks for the information, Diane.</p> <p>I wish I could claim some credit for the composition, but that's just where it landed. Maybe I can take credit for cropping tightly enough to remove the lamppost, but loosely enough to keep plenty of the roofs in shot?</p> I think the Common Buzzard is what we call a buzzard here – on the RSPB’s Guide. I had no idea the term had such varied meanings, though, so thanks for the information, Diane.

I wish I could claim some credit for the composition, but that’s just where it landed. Maybe I can take credit for cropping tightly enough to remove the lamppost, but loosely enough to keep plenty of the roofs in shot?

]]> By: Diane http://pigpog.com/2008/08/26/buzzard-on-canal-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-3307 Diane Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:14:53 +0000 http://pigpog.com/?p=3701#comment-3307 <p>I love these photos. The roofline makes it great.</p> <p>I'm enough of an Anglophile to know that this is a specific species of hawk (I think T. H. White may have mentioned buzzards in The Goshawk), but on the other side of the pond "buzzard" is a broad term that, in my home part of the country, refers to a turkey vulture. It has other meanings in other parts, but rarely any kind of a hawk. According to this Wikepedia article <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzard" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzard</a>, they are almost antonyms. Two nations, separated by a common language indeed!</p> I love these photos. The roofline makes it great.

I’m enough of an Anglophile to know that this is a specific species of hawk (I think T. H. White may have mentioned buzzards in The Goshawk), but on the other side of the pond “buzzard” is a broad term that, in my home part of the country, refers to a turkey vulture. It has other meanings in other parts, but rarely any kind of a hawk. According to this Wikepedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzard, they are almost antonyms. Two nations, separated by a common language indeed!

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