Buzzard

"What a bizarre buzzard!"

- Wilson

The Buzzard is an animal found in the Reign of Giants DLC. Buzzards are found in the Desert and Rockyland biome, circling the skies in search of meat. When they spot meat, they will land and begin to eat it. If the player approaches a Buzzard when it is eating meat, it will peck at the player, damaging them. It will not, however, pursue the player. They drop Morsels, Drumsticks and Jet Feathers when killed.

Hunting
When a piece of meat is placed in the vicinity of a flying Buzzard, it is possible one might fly down, allowing the player to easily farm Jet Feathers, Morsels, and Drumsticks. Buzzards will consume the meat in a second or two, so the farming must be done fast. The meat from the dead buzzards can be used to farm more. Once a buzzard eats the meat, it will fly up, and won't be able to be farmed. Buzzards will also fly down and eat Monster Meat. Other Buzzards may come in to attack if there is more than one circling, so the player should be cautious.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill Buzzards when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Trivia

 * The buzzard is a species of hawk, whereas the ones in Don't Starve appear to be vultures, possibly meaning they're a hybrid of the two.

Bugs

 * Buzzards may be seen one or two layers higher than the player, they can not be attacked but will still move around like normal, and can fly off. This make them appear very large as they can be very close to the camera.
 * Debug spawning the Buzzard causes a crash when the vulture flies from the spot it was spawned.
 * Buzzards don't get attacked by Eyeplants.
 * Buzzards may spawn in the middle of the ocean, depending on how many spawn locations there are on the map.