buzzards
Carrion-eating raptors overhead
Buzzards are large birds of prey.
In British usage, buzzard refers to hawks of the genus Buteo—broad-winged, soaring raptors.
In American usage, buzzard typically means a vulture, especially the turkey vulture that circles over carrion.
The word often carries connotations of scavenging or circling ominously: The buzzards were already gathering overhead.
Large carrion-eating raptors
- scavengersCreatures consuming dead matter
- raptorsCarnivorous birds of prey
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
turkey vulture · black vulture · wingspan · thermals · circling · kettling · bald head · hooked beak
vultures
Large carrion-eating raptors
- scavengersCreatures consuming dead matter
- raptorsCarnivorous birds of prey
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
soaring · turkey vulture · black vulture · wingspan · thermals · circling · kettling · bald head · hooked beak · roadkill
greedy
Excessively wanting more
- opportunistOne exploiting circumstances
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- exploiterOne who uses unfairly
vulture · schemer · parasite · scavenger · profiteer · swindler · cheat · leech · shark · bloodsucker
circling
Moving around a center
- deathCessation of life
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- waitingRemaining in expectation
doom · omen · prey · watching · patience · hovering · anticipation · lurking · impending · menace
buzzardsprey
Animal being hunted
carrion · rodents · rabbits · small mammals · quarry
- turkey buzzardNorth American carrion bird