# Buzzard invasion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213 "2013-01-14T20:04:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213/1 "2013-01-14T20:04:11Z")
I was reading about a town in Kentucky that was invaded by about 500 buzzards that roost in town at night. Buzzards have large appetitites for dead things and tend not to hang around a place with no food. I believe the town should be looking for the source of food rather than finding ways to scare them away. My first guess would be deer hunters leaving the carcasses of deer that are only stripped of the best cuts. Also the proliferation of coyotes in areas not formaly in the coyote range may have something to do with this. Hunters will often wound animals that would become easy prey for coyotes, coyotes will kill a muh larger animal than they can consume in one setting. Any other theories? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213/2 "2013-01-15T15:54:38Z")
I wonder if a deer proccessing plant near by might be disposong of their left overs improperly. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213/3 "2013-01-15T16:26:21Z")
Maybe they got lost on their way to Hinckley Ohio for Buzzard Day. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213/4 "2013-01-15T16:44:17Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Maybe they got lost on their way to Hinckley Ohio for Buzzard Day. Well thank You Tri Polar, I knew someoine besides me would have some interest in this.This is one of those little odd ball things that I tend to get hung up on. It seems like a very solvable problem with a bit of investigative work thrown in. Proably something that could be solved in one or two days by simply finding out whre the birds are going in the day time. Not hard to track a buzzard as they tend to circle and advertise their position. If I were living in that town I would see it as a fun challenge. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213/5 "2013-01-15T16:45:49Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > My first guess would be deer hunters leaving the carcasses of deer that are only stripped of the best cuts. And heads, legs and guts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213/6 "2013-01-15T16:50:16Z")
I just looked up their hunting season and it ends today, my guess is the buzzards will be leaving shortly. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213/7 "2013-01-15T16:54:03Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I just looked up their hunting season and it ends today Kentucky or buzzards? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buzzard-invasion/647213/8 "2013-01-15T17:04:32Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Well thank You Tri Polar, I knew someoine besides me would have some interest in this.This is one of those little odd ball things that I tend to get hung up on. It seems like a very solvable problem with a bit of investigative work thrown in. Proably something that could be solved in one or two days by simply finding out whre the birds are going in the day time. Not hard to track a buzzard as they tend to circle and advertise their position. If I were living in that town I would see it as a fun challenge. It’s only January now, and I don’t when this happened in Kentucky, but the buzzards will be returning to [Hinckley Ohio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinckley_Township,_Medina_County,_Ohio#Buzzards)on March 15th. They must be returning from somewhere else, and eventually leaving to go somewhere else in order to return again next year. Kentucky seems like a reasonable somewhere else.