Comments on: Stares down Buzzards* http://workbike.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/how-to-startle-a-buzzard/ Living simply in an over-complicated world Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andy in Germany http://workbike.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/how-to-startle-a-buzzard/#comment-2435 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:57:35 +0000 http://workbike.wordpress.com/?p=3135#comment-2435 Nick: I think Disgruntled over in scotland has had a similar experience. I have a great respec ofr anything with tha many pointy bits, don’t worry.

Frits B: Oh, great, so my hair is safe until spring, that’s reassuring, I think.

]]> By: Andy in Germany http://workbike.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/how-to-startle-a-buzzard/#comment-2434 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:55:59 +0000 http://workbike.wordpress.com/?p=3135#comment-2434 I well remember a similar experience in Germany on my first winter here when I wandered into a snowy forest in the dark and got utterly spooked by the deer running in the trees. The y were smaller deer, just about wolf sized in fact…

]]> By: Frits B http://workbike.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/how-to-startle-a-buzzard/#comment-2432 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:55:43 +0000 http://workbike.wordpress.com/?p=3135#comment-2432 Only in the breeding season so I think Andy is safe at this time of year. There used to be an eagle owl (slightly bigger than a buzzard and twice the weight) near Cologne which embarrassed passers by by sweeping down on them at night and lifting their hats or caps. Turned out to be a hand-reared escapee that simply tried to establish contact with humans, but was relocated to a less populated area, for its own safety.

]]> By: Nick http://workbike.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/how-to-startle-a-buzzard/#comment-2426 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:21:28 +0000 http://workbike.wordpress.com/?p=3135#comment-2426 There is, apparently, not far from where I live in NL a buzzard that specialises in dive-bombing cyclists and removing small clumps of hair from their heads with its claws. So beware, there’s beastliness in the beauty sometimes!

]]> By: Ken B http://workbike.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/how-to-startle-a-buzzard/#comment-2423 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:01:34 +0000 http://workbike.wordpress.com/?p=3135#comment-2423 I had a close encounter also, mine was with very large deer. When you are riding by your self noises are always louder, things appear larger, I think your senses are heightened. It is always darker outside when you are buy your self. I also happened to lost on that ride that I seen the deer. (Stone hinge ride this fall blog post.)

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