BIRDCAM.IT

Giovanna ha scritto:
avevo postato alcune sue foto lo scorso anno anche facendo confusione con l'altro omonimo.

Era un maschio prestante e bellissimo, a mio parere ...La preghiera egizia e' una meraviglia che gli si addice proprio. Era un maschio possente e vivace mi dispiace cosi' tanto.

e sono preoccupata anche per la femmina di Alberta, che arrivata dal lungo viaggio solo ieri stanca e in ritardo, un'altra femmina sta corteggiandosi col suo maschio nel nido........

Non voglio leggere altre storie di altre battaglie sanguinose e' troppo triste....e anche doloroso

Questo è il ricordo di Chad&Chris in memoria di Buck. Amo la semplicità commovente con cui l'hanno scritto. Di seguito, l'album delle loro foto preferite. Buck aveva 14 anni.
"As we posted on the Hilliard Road Bridge thread, Buckeye was found dead on Thursday April 12th. It was very difficult to watch his decline over the past few months, but particularly the last two weeks before he died. He went from being a spectacular aerial showman, hunter, and provider to being reduced to needing to try two and three times to even make landings on the bridge arches, and having to beg for and eventually take food from Hillary. However, in remembering Buckeye, we're trying to focus on all of the cool moments that he provided: the incredible joy we got from watching him, the bonding that we experienced with him as he perched and flew close to us (sometimes not much more than arm's length away from us) as if he knew that we didn't pose a threat, his tolerance of us as his "stalkers", his breath-taking successful hunts and food exchanges (sometimes transferring directly over our heads), his frequent calls (he was the most vocal peregrine that we've monitored), and the times he drank and bathed in the river. Of the many great moments, one that stands out to us includes a time when he and Hillary had three screaming young to feed-- Buckeye darted out over the valley, and three times in a row he brought back birds to the begging young and passed off the food in aerial transfers all within 20 minutes. Another favorite moment allowed us to experience the most spectacular thing that we have ever been a part of in nature, as he circled higher and higher until he was a speck in the sky and about 1/2 mile away from where we were standing on the bridge watching him in binoculars-- he then flipped and stooped directly down toward us growing increasingly large in our viewing range causing us to drop our binoculars in time to watch him shoot past us like a bullet about 20 feet over our heads, diving below the bridge level low over the river, then ringing up over the opposite bank where he snatched a dove right over the treetops! To be in the middle of a stoop of a peregrine falcon still give us chills recalling it!! Like many of you have posted, we knew that this day would come that Buckeye would no longer reign at Hilliard Bridge, and a "changing of the guards" was inevitable considering Buckeye's age and the peregrine's way of life. We're enjoying Titan and we're certainly glad that the site will (hopefully) continue to thrive. But Buckeye left an indelible impression on us! He truly was, as we called him, "The Buckmaster"!!"
"Hard to pick, but here are some of our favorite shots of Buckeye from over the years, including the last one of Buckeye with Hillary (Buckeye on the left)..."




















Queste sono invece prese dal mio album: nell'ultima è con il figlio Rocky in giugno.

Giovanna ha scritto:

capisco i sentimenti di C & C lui era un maschio massiccio e imponente, mi ero imbattuta in lui cercando siti e link e mi aveva impressionato la sua "presenza scenica" un maschione deciso e importante. Ma che giocava nell'acqua come un passerotto...

Fa male al cuore perdere un protagonista come lui ancora piu' che in altri casi di adulti ... Lascia tanti ricordi a C & C e a noi le loro foto che lo valorizzano per quel che era ... un Grande Falco degno del rispetto che gli si doveva.

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