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they are very wary at leaving the nest, 

 and are very clumsy fliers at their first 

 few attempts, but with loud calls the 

 parents induce them to follow to the 

 open moors, where they are often led to 

 food. For many more weeks the parents 

 look after them, warning them of the 

 approach of enemies and showing them 

 how to capture moles and young rabbits. 

 The birds remain together until the 

 autumn, and are occasionally driven away 

 by their parents to fresh fields and moors 

 where they have to shift for themselves, 

 but in most cases they remain in the 

 locality during the winter. 



In the winter months the Buzzard is a 

 scavenger of the hills, and if a sheep or 

 any other creature should die, one bird 

 and then another will socn discover the 

 carcass, for " where the carcass is, there 

 will the Eagles be gathered together," 

 and it is surprising how quickly the 

 news travels on the hills. One bird in 



