After Sunday’s bizarre experience with a paramotor wing over the garden during supper, here is a true exponent of the art of flight. Quite silent too.
Tish Farrell
Writer on the Edge
After Sunday’s bizarre experience with a paramotor wing over the garden during supper, here is a true exponent of the art of flight. Quite silent too.
Oh, marvellous…honey buzzard in honeyed light…..
Well put, Sue.
Glad you agree!
We have buzzards here but we call them turkey buzzards . They are the clean-up crew.
Couldn’t do without them 🙂
Wow, that was a treat and half. And well caught, I might add.
Lovely shot. Sue’s got it exactly right.
I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a buzzard and a honey buzzard. I can recognise a red kite though!
Well, now you mention it, I can’t be 100% sure. In fact at a distance its size and wing shape made me think it was a red kite. They’ve been moving up Corvedale, and seen one hovering over the neighbours’ garden a couple of times. Also spotted one just outside Wolverhampton the other day, which was a surprise.
We noticed red kite a few times over Ludlow. Here we get buzzards. But don’t ask me what kind! They don’t hang around long enough for a decent shot.
The one in my post was just whisking out of shot as I clicked. Honey buzzards apparently have chunky looking heads and their wings may briefly dip up from the horizontal in flight.
Whatever it is , a great capture 🙂
Thank you.
We saw a buzzard this afternoon on the way to the supermarket, on a post almost at eye level. It flew off as I rounded the corner. Huge bird! Unfortunately I was driving and no chance to take a photo, but what a wonderful sight.
They are a wonderful sight 🙂
Actually now that I have enlarged your photo, the tail does look like a red kite.
No human made flying machine can compete with the majestic flight of a honey buzzard. Great shot, Tish!
I agree. This would be my choice of flight.
Majestic is the word, Peter. Thank you. It was a lucky shot too.
Beautifully caught. I also have a buzzard in my post today.they are Intelligent birds
I’ve just seen your buzzard, Pauline. Amazing at close quarters.
I wouldn’t have known the difference either, but I know it was eying your supper.
As long as it wasn’t eyeing me – which it seemed to be 🙂
That photo is great. The light and shadow against a gray background makes it stand out. Superb photography
Thank you, Mak.
Heavens to Murgatriod! I wonder what tomorrow will bring! 😀
🙂 🙂 🙂
Magnificent shot. A flight into infinity.
That’s an uplifting thought, Julie.