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OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16
jadoo:
...what a rough year for Columbus; first Swoop, now Scout. Well, it's good to know that Trooper (and what a trooper) will be able to continue guiding Spirit, even though Scout is now gone. She taught him well; here's hoping he keeps up the good work!
The Peregrine Chick:
That's why the median age for breeding peregrines is somewhere between 5 and 7 years ... the mortality rate may drop significantly after the first year, but there are natural threats everywhere.
It's too bad about Scout, as a three-year breeding female, she had definitely hit her stride raising chicks and was doing it very well. One possibility not mentionned was that she was checking on her chick and a wind shift threw her against the building - happens at cliff nestsites as well. I always wonder why it doesn't happen more often, though I'm very glad it doesn't!
bcbird:
I was going to say the same, Sami. Very sad.
sami:
How very sad. It's almost unbelievable that there should be two tragedies so close together at the same site.
carly:
OMG...just came in and read the news..Scout has been found dead now :o :o
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