Buzzard and Kestrel together

[T.eddie]

I'm currently rehabilitating a Barn owl that had a run in with a Buzzard. The Owl ended up with a torn wing from the Buzzards talons. The wound has healed nicely but several of the primary feathers have fallen out rendering it unable to fly until they re grow.
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Awesome looking birds, nature is brutal sometimes

 

[Freeforester]

There's footage of a buzzard robbing an osprey chick out of the nest up near here on YT.



In case you're wondering what happened to the other one:

 

[User00036]

But Buzzards are limited by their prey species, so make sure you dispose of Kebabs & Mc Donald's properly when in central Norwich.

 

[Mickeydredd]

I think it prefers something easier. Buzzards are more likely to feed on carrion.

As others have said, buzzards are opportunists and will take anything within a weight range, including kestrels.

I was goshawking once, waiting for the ferret to bolt some bunnies and I watched two kestrels having a midair scrap. They tangled and fell to the ground and out of nowhere a buzzard came from the trees and smashed into them.

 

[T.eddie]

Wish I had caught it on camera as it seems to be a rarity of sorts