if the spring in illinois we can't wait for the arrival of the first robin because we know spring can't be far behind -- but lets switch from robins to buzzards -- every fall the buzzards leave and go some where - maybe northern mississippi == do those folks say -- winter can't be far off i saw the first buzzard today!!!
2007-12-07 09:39:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
eibfl195 we were so poor we used to eat them for thanksgiving i found out it was not turkey about the same time i got my first pair of shoes!!
2007-12-07 11:03:47 · update #1
Don't know about all of them, but my Floridian relatives
often let me know when all the old buzzards arrive for the winter.
2007-12-07 10:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep, buzzards (turkey vultures) do migrate south for the winter, into the southern states and even South America. They have trouble finding food, since frozen carrion doesn't give off an, odor, and their alternate food source (grass) is dormant. We have vultures in Texas ALL the time, though, so I've never seen a migration.
2007-12-07 19:06:47 · answer #2 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in Florida we don't call them buzzards we reserve that name for lawyers. We call them "turkey vultures" cause they weigh about 25lbs and have a wing span of 24 to 36 inches. We have "sandhill cranes" that are 5 ft.tall , maybe 40lbs and a wing span of about 6' and yes they stay here all year 'round.
2007-12-07 18:19:25 · answer #3 · answered by catspit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We got over a foot of snow, think i would rather have buzzards
2007-12-07 18:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, we have our share of buzzards year round here in Carolina. I only worry if they are hovering over MY head.
2007-12-07 18:51:44 · answer #5 · answered by slk29406 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They fly south. you know when spring is here that's when they come back.
A lot of old farmers used to do planting by the birds, and bugs.
My wife called me a old buzzard and I know where she told me to go
2007-12-07 18:43:44 · answer #6 · answered by gggggg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I'm afraid not. We have Buzzards year round!
You are to funny!
2007-12-07 17:52:44 · answer #7 · answered by Linda Lu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Makes perfect sense to me.
Where I live we know winter is on the way when the wind blows from the north and not the south. The birds stay year round.
2007-12-07 19:08:04 · answer #8 · answered by curious connie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turkey vultures and black vultures migrate south into the SE US, and into Mexico and as far as South America.
2007-12-07 23:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by Isadora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Washington D.C. I think
2007-12-07 21:08:25 · answer #10 · answered by RoHo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋