After no call yesterday, it was very nice to hear their lute this morning.
Sometimes calls seem to come from a great distance. However, it cannot be made finite. Wind and other background noises have been very extreme for days.
8:32:24-42
Two Goshawk with calls.
Not sure if the second is H44.
11:01 Another call near. Probably H21
11:59 +/- minutes before and after... activities in the grove and near under the nest tree.
Maybe an inspection or something like that. At least two people.
Nothing else so far (not noticed by me anyway).
They are unusually calm.
Despite the approaching season.
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
Indian proverb
We are seeing that the sounds in the area have been greatly reduced and are not as regular both at dawn and in the afternoon at a time when they should be more stable in the nest area, although it is true that this couple has not stood out due to intensive use of the area and then end up using this nest in its last two years. Even so, he has had times in which he has been more regular and he does not do much of that.
I have reviewed the events of Margo in the winter of 2016 to 2017 and the difference is great.
I wonder if they have already chosen another grove or park nearby but far enough so that we don't hear them more than once in a while, that some incident has occurred or simply that we are impatient (as many times) and everything will continue the same. We couldn't see the period from October to March last year and we also have to take into account that the couple is a young adult.
Hopefully it is our desire to see them and in a short time they will already be in the area.
I try not to get nervous.
All had a bout some time ago with great activity...Goshawk, Jay...crows and also the smaller birds were very chirping and active. Everyone seemed to be in an early spring mood.
But they are just as calm now. Overall it's quieter off-road, almost desolate (although the Jay could be heard today).
No call so far today, again. No visible sign.
Nevertheless - they are there.
from 09:02 wailing seagulls.
13:42 An angry flock of crows is approaching and we can be sure that at least one Goshawk is nearby.
And if we look closely, we see flight movement to the left of the tree trunk, and at the meeting point low-flying birds flash between the branches.
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
Indian proverb
Sometimes I fear that there has been a change of partner. Which changes the rhythm a bit.
I remembered C86, father of H44. Father and son sound the same. So that not every presumably safe 'Gjak' from H44 actually has to be from him. It seems some sounds are interchangeable and not as specific, unmistakable as I long thought. C86, March 20 2021
But the H's somehow have a different tempo anyway...they also lay eggs in nests that have hardly been worked up.
Still, strikingly declining activity, yes. Maybe the calm before the storm.
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
Indian proverb
13:53 A blue tit slips through the nest and the jay into the buzzard's robe.
14:01 The crows return.
One of them croaks from the side branch.
By the way...
... or simply that we are impatient (as many times) ...
And above all that.
That's ok I think. We are not alone with this mixture of tension, worry and longing, especially in the time when the life of 'our' animals takes place primarily outside the nests.
Many here surely can hardly stand the time until the cameras activate again, the nest owners return and the empty nests are filled with life.
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
Indian proverb
Emiliano, did you notice any activity?
Otherwise it remains - no calls or anything else from our Goshawk.
17:02, '11 possible 'Gjak' nearby but absolutely uncertain.
Well, now it's snowing again...
Sleep well!
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
Indian proverb
To Boka...
I posted the video some time ago when Lujis surprised her in the nest without warning (...this shrill whistle, which Boka was also good at).
Another moment where it could also be about Boka. March 22, 2021
By then there was already unrest in the area. Excited moments among several hawks.
Lujis may have already passed/absent.
Boka seemed very goal-oriented back in Novvember/December. She is a very dominant, vigorous female, but without a mate she obviously left the area. Too bad... I like her very much. I hope she is fine.
That's Boka's voice, not H21. Accompanied by a male?
November 29th
She picked up the food about 2 days later.
Vague memory...last sighting December 6th.
I have a video of that too.
I assumed H44 to be the site's discoverer. Simply because he showed himself first. My assumptions are definitely wrong!
H21 probably expelled Boka.
There will be constant comings and goings.
Very few foreign Goshawks visit this winter half.
It could be due to the dominance of H21 and H44.
There will always be movement and activity here. If in doubt, by other couples or by changing individual partners.
I would be very happy to continue watching H21 & H44.
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
Indian proverb
I have not been able to listen to anything in the afternoon, in the morning there was nothing until more or less 12:00
They were more active and frequent a month ago than now. The H21 female monopolizes almost all the sounds and the responses are very weak and confused.
In December 2016 Margo appeared in the nest calling very often and with the white under its tail displayed while the male called near the nest (quite possibly the same one with which it had bred months before but already with adult plumage) and in the nests Later months there were also appearances by both.
While the two members of the couple are there, there is more contact and strength to continue in the area on the part of both.
For me, something happened to Luijs and Boka would no longer be as attached to the area and would enter the period of moving from there to here and abandoning the area.
I don't think there was a direct confrontation between the females, Boka was very strong and in her territory it would be difficult to move her.
She wishes she was in another territory.
In the USA, there are quite a few documented cases of partner changes.
We all want the two H's to appear and continue their relationship. We have to expect something more because nature is like that.
11:51 Hearing Jay begging calls of a goshawk, switches to Jay in verse 2 and ends his song with the tall neighbor's rapid calls.
13:19 The next visitor - a crow.
Sits on the upper branch and calls.
13:22 A jay lands on the lower floor, representing the missing nest owners with sweet abandon.
Begging calls, fast calls ... flutters to a higher position and leaves the stage into the grove.
In the evening sawn timber was burned in several places. Rapid controlled fire...completely unobtrusive and over quickly and silently.
No Goshawk today, again.
I read back to 2020 ('21 the stream was closed)... early February the presence became reliable and consistent.
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
Indian proverb
Doesn't it sound really promising?
Of course, a mistake cannot be ruled out, but I think that we hear 'our' couple. edit:
14:16:50 A Goshawk leaves the grove into the industrial area.
The calls 16:31 are already in the distance - good ears Emiliano!
I am relieved and wish you @all a good night.
"Throw your heart across the river and swim after it."
Indian proverb
