Name this bird...

Roxywheels · 10-11-2006, 03:35 PM

I didn't get a pic of it. It flew away before I had a chance, with a small child and large dog under its wing!

It was HUGE! Well, city girl huge

Easily 2 feet high or more. It was black and from what I was able to see of its face I think it had some red on it. It had that wrinkley foreskin looking kinda head...not the pretty feathery kind. I don't live in the country dammit...I live in the burbs! There aren't supposed to be birds that size here! It was NOT a crow. Possibly a buzzard or a vulture?

Mo · 10-11-2006, 03:36 PM

I call him Alfonse.

thomjpster · 10-11-2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Roxywheels

It had that wrinkley foreskin looking kinda head.....Possibly a buzzard or a vulture?

LOL get your mind out of the gutter

yup, prolly a turkey vulture, did it have black wings with white on the leading edge?

criscfer · 10-11-2006, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Roxywheels

Possibly a buzzard or a vulture?

Quite possibly.

BudTX · 10-11-2006, 03:38 PM

Yep, a turkey vulture or what they call a "buzzard" in Tejas!

cdarthvader · 10-11-2006, 03:38 PM

those arent big birds

coolcruiserfj40 · 10-11-2006, 03:39 PM

i say i say i say its a chicken hawk

Roxywheels · 10-11-2006, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by thomjpster

LOL get your mind out of the gutter

yup, prolly a turkey vulture, did it have black wings with white on the leading edge?

AHA!!!! I told Robert it looked like a turkey and he laughed at me!! I didn't see any white, but I was also in fear for my life as it was flying away

Good gawd its wing span was HUGE!

Ya know...the last time I told you all about the worlds largest bird I saw down the street, it was an emu!! This one was not quite as big

cdarthvader · 10-11-2006, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Roxywheels

AHA!!!! I told Robert it looked like a turkey and he laughed at me!! I didn't see any white, but I was also in fear for my life as it was flying away

Good gawd its wing span was HUGE!

Ya know...the last time I told you all about the worlds largest bird I saw down the street, it was an emu!! This one was not quite as big

It's not actually a turkey...

apeters89 · 10-11-2006, 03:40 PM

this it?

edit:

Roxywheels · 10-11-2006, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cdarthvader

It's not actually a turkey...

Shhhh...don't f**k it up for me

Roxywheels · 10-11-2006, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by apeters89

this it?

edit:

THATS IT!!!!!

Fucking huge!!!

Joe_W · 10-11-2006, 03:43 PM

yep, turkey buzzard

tell Robert not to look so dead around the house

apeters89 · 10-11-2006, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe_W

yep, turkey buzzard

tell Robert not to look so dead around the house

I'm sure she can liven him up

CaryW · 10-11-2006, 03:45 PM

Can you imagine the iron stomach those fawkers must have.

Diesel Smoke · 10-11-2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Roxywheels

THATS IT!!!!!

Fucking huge!!!

Well....ummmm....isn't everything bigger in Texas?

Roxywheels · 10-11-2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe_W

yep, turkey buzzard

tell Robert not to look so dead around the house

It was at the shelter, across the street. Maybe thats how they get rid of people now

Is it common for these things to cruise thru neighborhoods like mine?

I can see if I was driving and saw it, but it was almost in my damned yard!

76Cruiser · 10-11-2006, 03:50 PM

Yep buzzards. They are everywhere in Texas.

Joe_W · 10-11-2006, 03:51 PM

You'll see em around the neighborhoods occasionally. Fucking things have no fear.

The other day we had a smallish large bird (if you follow that logic

) sitting on our fence before it flew away. Was either a young hawk or vulture but it was quite large for where it was

45acp · 10-11-2006, 04:32 PM

Usually they will be on some road kill right on the shoulder of the highway. They will wait until you are .005 seconds away from hitting them and THEN try to fly away. I hit one a long time ago. I looked in the rear view mirror to see him rolling down the highway. He then got up, shook his head, and walked off limping.

Co Pilot · 10-11-2006, 04:33 PM

that thing is ugly.

45acp · 10-11-2006, 04:37 PM

Oh, and the correct terminology is "buzzard". If you say Turkey Vulture, people will either not know what you are talking about or think you are from New York or something.

I thought buzzards were everywere?

cdarthvader · 10-11-2006, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 45acp

Oh, and the correct terminology is "buzzard". If you say Turkey Vulture, people will either not know what you are talking about or think you are from New York or something.

I thought buzzards were everywere?

you see all kinds around here

Quick & Dirty · 10-11-2006, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 45acp

I thought buzzards were everywere?

There are lots of them in Wisconsin, so I assume they are everywhere in between. Saw a big group last weekend. They usually leave for the winter.

Weedman · 10-11-2006, 04:57 PM

they are also called air carp they eat shit and fly away

10-11-2006, 03:35 PM	#1
Roxywheels Girly Bender Join Date: Sep 2000 Member # 1842 Location: In the wilderness!! Posts: 19,833	Name this bird... I didn't get a pic of it. It flew away before I had a chance, with a small child and large dog under its wing! It was HUGE! Well, city girl huge Easily 2 feet high or more. It was black and from what I was able to see of its face I think it had some red on it. It had that wrinkley foreskin looking kinda head...not the pretty feathery kind. I don't live in the country dammit...I live in the burbs! There aren't supposed to be birds that size here! It was NOT a crow. Possibly a buzzard or a vulture? __________________ I'm not a bitch, I just play one in your life

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Mo Everyday is Tuesday. Join Date: Feb 2000 Member # 47 Location: The basement Posts: 14,569	I call him Alfonse. __________________ nothing on ebay justadad

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coolcruiserfj40 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Member # 40057 Location: sunland ca Posts: 2,387	i say i say i say its a chicken hawk __________________ Me have A.D.D

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BudTX Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Member # 53586 Location: Miami County, Kansas Posts: 54	Yep, a turkey vulture or what they call a "buzzard" in Tejas!

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CaryW WALKING AMOK Join Date: Aug 2003 Member # 22104 Location: Northeast Texas Posts: 617	Can you imagine the iron stomach those fawkers must have. __________________ I find American beer a bit like having sex in a canoe. It's fucking close to water.” ~ Oscar Wilde

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76Cruiser Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Member # 12070 Location: Fort Worth, Tx Posts: 201	Yep buzzards. They are everywhere in Texas.

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45acp Custom User Title Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13671 Location: north of Caddo parish Posts: 1,521	Usually they will be on some road kill right on the shoulder of the highway. They will wait until you are .005 seconds away from hitting them and THEN try to fly away. I hit one a long time ago. I looked in the rear view mirror to see him rolling down the highway. He then got up, shook his head, and walked off limping.

10-11-2006, 04:33 PM	#21
Co Pilot Mustard Slurp'er Join Date: Mar 2002 Member # 10700 Location: 45 minutes from the lakebed. Posts: 3,906	that thing is ugly. __________________ Butterfly Woodworks TinBenders.org "Momma's got a squeezebox, Daddy never sleeps at night"

10-11-2006, 04:37 PM	#22
45acp Custom User Title Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13671 Location: north of Caddo parish Posts: 1,521	Oh, and the correct terminology is "buzzard". If you say Turkey Vulture, people will either not know what you are talking about or think you are from New York or something. I thought buzzards were everywere?

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Weedman Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75535 Posts: 2	they are also called air carp they eat shit and fly away

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