CLEVELAND FALCONS: 2010

Joanne · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:26 am

Gorgeous photographs -- just love them.

Would someone remind me of who is "Ranger"??? and why did SW get a new beau so quickly??

:wavingsnowgirl:

catwoman · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:45 am

Joanne, Ranger had already made his appearance before Buckeye died. I suspect Buckeye might have been trying to chase him off when he collided with a building (or something).

bev. · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:57 am

I am glad you asked the question Joanne ,as I was a little confused.
Pictures were amazing

catwoman · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:06 am

Since there was confusion about who Ranger is, I brought this quote over from the 2009 topic from Kim in Italy:

Kim in Italy wrote:

Yes, I too think it's Ranger B/92 from Eastlake, born in 2008.
But it's time to watch at his beautiful face more than at his bands now.
Lovely shy eyes, he isn't used to people.. Well, he needs time.

Many pics by Scott on the Cleve forum. :thumbsup:

http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/e107_plug ... ?39974.220

bev. · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:55 pm

CAtwoman

Kim in Italy · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 7:18 pm

catwoman wrote:

Joanne, Ranger had already made his appearance before Buckeye died. I suspect Buckeye might have been trying to chase him off when he collided with a building (or something).

Yes, that's all we can know about. Buckeye probably has been challenged and nobody witnessed his last battles.
SW knows. And she probably didn'nt have such a pain we felt, as you all know, they feel different.
Ranger is our hope now. I persnally can't really love him yet, just would like he's the right male for my gal.
I think she knows what she needs. So trust her. It's the best I can tell.
You can find all at the CMNH forum, thread "Remembering Buckeye 1996 - 2009".
Buckeye left us on November 17th.
And we'll never forget him.

rosekk17 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:40 pm

Kim in Italy wrote:

catwoman wrote:

Joanne, Ranger had already made his appearance before Buckeye died. I suspect Buckeye might have been trying to chase him off when he collided with a building (or something).

Yes, that's all we can know about. Buckeye probably has been challenged and nobody witnessed his last battles.
SW knows. And she probably didn'nt have such a pain we felt, as you all know, they feel different.
Ranger is our hope now. I persnally can't really love him yet, just would like he's the right male for my gal.
I think she knows what she needs. So trust her. It's the best I can tell.
You can find all at the CMNH forum, thread "Remembering Buckeye 1996 - 2009".
Buckeye left us on November 17th.
And we'll never forget him.

I am just now reading your post here Kim and I could not have said this any better - your words are so true - my heart cries for Buckeye - I have his picture on my office cabinet looking down on me - what he went through before he died trying to protect his territory from a newcomer. I will really miss him!

Kim in Italy · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:58 am

New pics of SW&Ranger from Chad&Chris at
http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/e107_plug ... p?48519.50
Please go to the link for more pics and to read C&C's comments, always the best imo. :thumbup

Ranger

SW

Bowing eachother. Easy to tell them tho' Ranger's a big tiercel!

SW's diving to catch a pigeon she barely missed

SusanE · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:04 am

Wowee! Great shots . . . thanks Kim and Chad+Chris.

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:23 pm

SusanE wrote:

Wowee! Great shots . . . thanks Kim and Chad+Chris.

Thanks from me, too! I noted that SW has a helmet & Ranger doesn't--maybe I can use that to identify which one I'm seeing. :thanku

bev. · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:31 pm

Great shots.

It is always hard to get used to a new falcon when you have grown to love the residents. but we know this is natures way.
I hope I can say this when my time comes again.

Here is to a great year .

skygirlblue · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:37 pm

Kim in Italy · **Posted:** Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:27 pm

bev. wrote:

Great shots.

It is always hard to get used to a new falcon when you have grown to love the residents. but we know this is natures way.
I hope I can say this when my time comes again.

Here is to a great year .

Hi bev.!
I absolutely agree. We are losing so many tiercels after Kaver..
Well, we'll try when our time comes. Maybe our falcons did teach us many things about life and death.

Hope too for a great year here.