Photograph by Aviceda (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAlthough they are solitary animals the Common Buzzard are dedicated mates.\u00a0 Once a pair forms they will mate for life.\u00a0 Isn’t that sweet!\u00a0 The female will typically lay 2-4 eggs which will hatch after a month of incubating.\u00a0 The parents will stay with the chicks for about 45 days before the little ones are kicked out of the nest to find their own way.\u00a0 They grow up so fast, don’t they?\u00a0 This may not be surprising to all of you wives out there but it is typically the female that raises the chicks during those 45 days.<\/p>\n
Common Buzzard Fast Fact – <\/strong>At one point in time the Common Buzzard was just about wiped out of the United Kingdom.\u00a0 Today, however, these buzzards are among the most common raptors in Europe (only behind the common Kestrel).\u00a0 Nice to have a good news story once in awhile, isn’t it?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After spending the entire day outside, the fresh air is starting to catch up with me and I am getting awfully tired.\u00a0 If I fall asleep while writing this post, would you be kind enough to wake me up?\u00a0 Today we are heading to the skies to learn about a pretty cool raptor.\u00a0 No not the dinosaur kind and definitely not the basketball team.\u00a0 This particular bird of prey is the Common Buzzard, which can be found throughout most of Europe and into Asia. The Common Buzzard is a medium to large sized bird of prey with an average length <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,381,1464,1466,1465,1467,1463,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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