#jackal buzzard

[todaysbird]

the jackal buzzard is a large bird of prey native to africa. they are known for their striking black & chestnut brown plumage; juveniles are almost entirely brown. females and males share the same plumage, but like most birds of prey, the female is notably larger than the male. they primarily dwell in mountainous areas with nearby scrubland or grasslands they can use to hunt. they primarily feed on rodents, but also take other small prey like reptiles and birds; they additionally feed on carrion. unfortunately, they sometimes fall victim to poisoned carcasses intended to get rid of their namesake, the jackal.

[rulers-of-the-sky]

Jackal Buzzard

[proton-wobbler]

Loser's Bracket, Poll 11

Image Sources: Buzzard (Wikipedia); Treeswift (Frédéric PELSY); Stork (u7 Liao); Smooth-billed Ani (All About Birds)

[nkp1981]

Jackal Buzzard

Photo: Clint Ralph

[jackalbuzzards]

went on a hike with some friends on saturday to do some birdwatching and we were thoroughly entertained by this rock kestrel who chased this jackal buzzard around for like 20 minutes 😭

these are super zoomed in pics so not the best quality im afraid, but this poor jack could not catch a break LMAO

kestrel chased him out of where he had been trying to hunt, and tormented him for another 20 mins (the jack tried to swipe at him once or twice) before leaving him alone. the poor jack went to sit down to catch his breath and as soon as he flew off again he got chased by like 6 pied crows 😭😭 poor man

[coppercookie]

My favourite buteonines

[featheredcritter]

Funny little guy i took on a walk. He very much did not like the people working nearby

[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) © Dave Brown

It hatches from black, broad, brown, dark, distinctive, evident, harsh, heavy, hefty, juvenile, large, open, other, pale, rare, similar, small, striking, white, and wide eggs.

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[greencproductions]

Juvenile Jackal Buzzard

[writerandbaka]

The jackal and the witch AU ～Kaveh and Alhaitham 🏛️🌱💚

Another reference sheet for witch Kaveh and his familiar Alhaitham!

For Alhaitham's species I was inspired by gray buzzard eagles, I think it could fit pretty well with him, because of his constellation 🐣

Kaveh instead is a childhood friend of Tighnari's, and his magic specializes in building and creating things of various kinds. Another peculiarity of Kaveh's magic is that, similar to a bond between a witch and a familiar, Kaveh is also able to temporarily bind himself to others' magic in order to sense emotions and feelings (however, this is a power which he cannot handle very well). For this reason, he often empathizes too much with others, even excessively in some cases, leading him to get too involved in others' problems and sacrifice his own self-care, contributing to the development over the years of some self-destructive behaviors toward his own health.🥺

Kaveh and Alhaitham entered into a contract several years before the events recounted in the present, and how they have not yet at each other's throats is really a mystery, since these two keep bickering (mostly about futile topics) most of the time. Even though their characters are opposites, at the same time they attract each other, and their dynamics are too much fun to portray! („ಡωಡ„)💕

If you are wondering… yes, they both will definitely come back in the next chapters of this story as well (≧◡≦)💚

If this fanart has made you curious about this fantasy AU, here is another reference sheets that I've already drawn: Tighnari and Cyno

More characters will be posted soon as well! Just a little spoiler for you... the next one I'm looking forward to sketch will be a certain little green haired girl eheh (๑>◡<๑)🌿

[apoemaday]

In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself

by Wislawa Szymborska tr. Stanislaw Baraczak and Clare Cavanagh

The buzzard never says it is to blame. The panther wouldn’t know what scruples mean. When the piranha strikes, it feels no shame. If snakes had hands, they’d claim their hands were clean.

A jackal doesn’t understand remorse. Lions and lice don’t waver in their course. Why should they, when they know they’re right?

Though hearts of killer whales may weigh a ton, in every other way they’re light.

On this third planet of the sun among the signs of bestiality a clear conscience is Number One.

[transient-ichor]

If I die, do not lay me down and cover me in earth

Lay my body in the fields that stretch as far as one can see

Let the jackals know the taste of my flesh

Let the buzzards desecrate my corpse

Let the fungi fill my lungs

Let the worms gather in my joints

Let me be the vessel so nature might speak again

May my bone become unbound

And my eyes stare endlessly into the stars

Do not shut my mouth, nor close my eyes, for I fear the dark

Let the grass overgrow me, and the sun bleach my once dark skin

Lay me down in the fields

Where I can feel my true kin

[hungwy]

On Tuesday a buffalo's heart stirred with anger after witnessing the greed and cruelty of a jackal towards a buzzard, and so the buffalo charged, trampling both the jackal and the buzzard. The buffalo was arrested and put in jail forever.

[proton-wobbler]

Round 1, Poll 60

Jackal Buzzard vs Short-tailed Pygmy-tyrant

sources under cut

Jackal Buzzard Propaganda

"It looks fantastic!"

"The adult buzzard is strickingly plumaged and arguably one of the most "handsome" buzzards" - Wiki

Their diet consists mainly of small mammals, especially rodents. They will also hunt snakes, lizards, and ground-feeding birds such as sandgrouse or gamebirds. They will also eat carrion, but appear to be more submissive than other scavengers and will wait until those animals have left before taking some for themselves.

Short-tailed Pygmy-tyrant Propaganda

"small. hilarious name-bird combo"

"the smallest bird in the world after several species of hummingbirds. Naming this beast a "tyrant" is the funniest thing ever. Also I'm tail-shaming it" (for reference: tyrant refers to the family this bird belongs to- tyrant flycatchers, which are named after kingbirds)

"Although its plumage is similar to some other tyrant flycatchers, in the field the bird is more often mistaken for a large beetle or insect, especially while in flight... Its flight movements have a mechanical-feel that enhances the insect comparison." - Wiki

Image Sources: Buzzard (Wikipedia); Flycatcher (Anselmo d'Affonseca)

[hawkpartys]

all buteo. is the same

WRONG!

other accipitriforme genus' WISH they had this range

name another bitch who can do this i'll wait

(hawks are: ferruginous hawk, jackal buzzard, red shouldered hawk, galapagos hawk, gray hawk)

[sumerianlanguage]

Hello tumblr friend, I searched your blog trying to answer my own questions, but ultimately, I'll defer to your wisdom. I'm writing a group for one of my games that will be known as 'the Crimson Buzzards'. Would "Burusa" be the correct/best word for it, or did I not dig deep enough? Thank you, you do great work!

Great work on your research! Yes, burusa would be one way to translate the phrase "crimson buzzard(s)", though you have a few other options as well. Buru (𒉢𒁓𒄷) can mean "some sort of bird of prey or vulture, crow", though te (𒀉𒄷) is the more specific way to translate "buzzard, bearded vulture", and urbigu (𒌨𒁉𒅥𒄷) means "vulture" in general, derived from the word for "jackal" and in turn from ur "dog".

"Red" is indeed sa or sua, and this is probably the closest match we have for "crimson". (Sa is written a number of ways in cuneiform, including 𒋜.) The other main word for red, dara 𒁱, is associated with blood and darker colors, like spilt/dried blood, rather than bright red as we might think "blood-red" would mean.

You can combine these as you did, with the adjective attached to the noun it modifies. So burusa, tesa and urbigusa would all be correct!