what does "ol' buzzard"here mean? is that a kind of whiskey? "They'll git him outside," Ma Forrester said, suddenly placid. "Pesky varmint." "Ma's got the best ear for varmints," Fodder-wing said proudly. "I guess anybody'd hear him did he come scratchin' around their bedpost," she said. Pa Forrester hobbled into the room on his cane. "The night's near about done," he said. "I'd ruther have a snort o' whiskey than sleep agin." Buck said, "Pa, you got the most sense for sich a ol' buzzard." He went to a cupboard and brought out the demi-john. The old man uncorked it and tipped it back and drank. ''