Comments on: Mortality

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:58:44 +0000

{sigh} Here’s hoping her siblings are faring well!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:19:16 +0000

So sad to hear this Kate. We all know the statistics, and try to prepare ourselves for the inevitable, but it is always so sad to hear.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:44:43 +0000

I was eager to see eggs in the nest at Pitt this season. Then, I could bearly stand to wait to see them hatch. And when they did, I watched as they staggered around the nest and squealed to be feed. What babies they were! Then, the dreaded day came that they learned to fly. Even then I knew, because I was told, that they would not be coming back to the nest. And, I accepted that fact as life because thats what we do in our human existence. We give life to our children, take care of them and then send them off into the world. Unfortunately for me, I got attached to the peregrine babies as a viewer to a soap opera that watches every day and wanted them all to do well.

I’m sad for the peregrine that didn’t make it!
Mortality, the older I get the less I like that word.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:24:16 +0000

Yes it was, on July 8. Here's a post that tells the story: Update on Gulf Tower Peregrines and CMU Red-tails

By: Mary Ann Pike

Mary Ann Pike — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:12:50 +0000

What ever happened to the Gulf Tower peregrine chick that hurt itself this Spring? Was it successfully released eventually?

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:19:57 +0000

Research tells us that more than 60% of young peregrines die in their first year – many of them before they leave home – but it’s always sad to learn the details.

So true, and, yet, still very sad indeed…

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:52:10 +0000

Such sad news, Kate. We know the statistics, but we can’t help but hope each year the new little ones will not become one.