He told BBC Look North, buzzards were often targeted because of concerns they could attack pheasants.

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How much is a Vioxx heart attack patient worth to the buzzards circling Merck?

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Vincent Munier, of France, won the Eric Hosking award for a striking picture of common buzzards fighting.

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Buzzards, if anybody really does their research, tend to eat more dead animals.

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Of course, even McNerney may consider himself on starvation rations compared to some of the more rapacious buzzards in the American corporate aviary.

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"Kestrels, buzzards and even foxes hunt for prey on this stretch of coastline and I didn't want them picking up and eating contaminated birds, " Mr Hockett added.

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Speculators circle oil and gold like buzzards sniffing financial pestilence.

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Have the housing bust buzzards come home to roost?

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"We put kestrel boxes up for Springwatch 2008 and although a couple did show interest in one of the boxes, they were driven out by a pair of buzzards who just wouldn't tolerate another bird of prey, " said Nigel.

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Or buzzards pick my bones.

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