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bev.:
it has been a tough 2.5 weeks here. never knowing who was coming into box.  witnessing fighting, and them getting reports by RFO falcon.  He and his crew are very devoted here.
Peter and I will go up , once things settle down at all sites, and see things for ourselves.

will come back and post some nice shots of N53.

It could easily have been Charlotte.

Jazzerkins:
So very sad to hear about N53.  I know it is nature at work, but it breaks my heart to hear of a territorial fight taking a life.  :'(

Alison:
Bev, I an so very sorry to read of the loss of N53. It is infinitely sad to have lost her in this way. Poor N53; all she wanted was to have a place to nest and raise chicks of her own.  :'( :'(

bev.:
may4th

It is with heavy heart that I announce that N53 is deceased. :'(

 we knew that it might not end well as K14 and N53 had been battling for site for over 2.5 weeks.
may 1, they were both at box and looked no worse for wear. they had a battle on stringer, but  both survived.  may 2 , we only had charlotte at nestbox. this is how it went with them, they seemed to take a day to regroup.

may 3rd, we only had Charlotte at box, but at 9 am I received a picture from  R of falcon ( responsible for getting cam and he and his workers, closely monitor the  site. they are very good for this site, and keep us well informed of things we cannot see.)
the picture showed a dead bird on stringers, possibly a dead falcon. this was not there the day before. It had to have happened early morning  May3rd. anyhow, I had mentioned that our remaining   2 birds appeared spooked . So they very quickly and efficiently retrieved bird from  stringer this morning(may4th)
It was the body of N53.

I will post a few pictures of her at her best tomorrow. need time to digest all of this

but K14( charlotte) and Bill are bonding in box now

bev.:
we had quite the awful day yesterday of fighting between N53 from last year and K14(charlotte) from 2016.

was not nice.
we have had a long 2 weeks of fighting. So I hope it is settled , with everyone in tact. Charlotte looks now worse for wear. bill is a very good male but we had fighting between males a week and a half ago also.

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