Cliff buzzards

The cliff buzzard is a large, black-feathered bird of the mountains. It builds its nest on inaccessible cliffs. Often several pairs will nest in the same area, behavior more typical of the corvidae (crowlike birds) than of the raptors (hawks and so on). Cliff buzzards exhibit a great deal of intelligence (for birds) and will cooperate in hunting. They will band together to mob some large creature and drive it over a cliff so that they may all feast together on the shattered body. Any wounded creature, no matter what its size, may be subject to the unwanted attentions of the cliff buzzards. They are most common on the southern slopes of the White Mountains.