Lizard Buzzard

Lizard-Buzzard: Bigodi Community Birding Project, Bigodi, Uganda, August 2022 — Again, not great light, but this little Lizard Buzzard sat nicely for us in a window in the foliage. In North America, a buzzard is something quite different, of course, in Europe it is the name given to Buteo Hawks (our Red-tailed Hawk would be Red-tailed Buzzard in Europe). The Lizard Buzzard is totally misnamed, as it is actually an Accipiter (like our Cooper’s or Sharp-shinned Hawks)…and, while lizards are on the menu, it eats way more grasshoppers and terminates by bulk, and small rodents by mass, than it does lizards. Ah well, it is still an interesting little raptor. Sony Rx10iv at 526mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus 1.7EV for the heavy backlight.

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