A while back I had posted on another site about Mariah and Kaver's daughter Ihteram (born 2005) who had attempted to nest at St. Joseph in Detroit last year. The people there had apparently promised to install a nest box, but this year the steeple was covered with netting to keep out the falcons. They didn't want them returning.
I hadn't heard anything since, but had this reply yesterday from BarbB:
Ihteram and her unbanded mate established a strong pair bond, but did not nest at St. Joseph Church in Detroit last year. Someone from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources climbed the inside of the tower to check for nesting and discovered a dead female Peregrine who had been banded. She was Blaze 68/C (hatched May 8, 2005 at the Bohn Building, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio).
Since last season, the church repaired the tower including the hole in the screening where the Peregrine Falcons and pigeons were gaining access. We had no sightings of Ihteram this year in the Detroit area.
