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The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Kinderchick on June 11, 2014, 22:00 ---That is very sad news about Madame X being shot. But wonderful news that she is learning to fly again & with determination, may actually be released into the wild before too long. Amazing. :D
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Note about peregrines getting shot ... peregrines have a bad habit of chasing crows and they are dark and crow-sized and unless you can tell the difference in flight (most folks can't), they are often mistaken for just one of a murder of crows. And folks like to shoot at crows and while many more crows have been shot, peregrines mistaken for crows have been as well. I'm not saying this is what happened to Madame X or that it is okay to shoot peregrines or heck shoot crows, I thought I would share a piece of peregrine trivia ...
Kinderchick:
That is very sad news about Madame X being shot. But wonderful news that she is learning to fly again & with determination, may actually be released into the wild before too long. Amazing. :D
RCF:
Endangered falcon shot in West Allis, Wisconsin
Mar 11, 2014
Someone opened fire with a shotgun on this beautiful bird. The x-ray shows her body full of pellets, and it's particularly troubling. Peregrine falcons are an endangered species, and Madame X is a mom, expected to mate again this spring.
http://www.jrn.com/tmj4/news/Endangered-falcon-shot-in-West-Allis-249645131.html
UPDATE June 11 2014
Endangered peregrine falcon shot in March learns to fly again
WEST ALLIS -- Madame X, an endangered peregrine falcon shot in March, is learning to fly again.
"When she first came to us with multiple shot gun pellets in her body, her prognosis for release was guarded," said Scott Diehl with the Wisconsin Humane Society.
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/Endangered-peregrine-falcon-shot-in-March-learns-to-fly-again-262705721.html
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Kinderchick on June 11, 2014, 16:53 ---This is, indeed, very strange, but also very interesting - peregrine falcons raising herring gulls. Do you think what they mean by "the outcome is not likely to be a good one for the young" could mean that after they fledge & become self sufficient, they could then become prey for the peregrine falcons? ???
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Kinderchick:
This is, indeed, very strange, but also very interesting - peregrine falcons raising herring gulls. Do you think what they mean by "the outcome is not likely to be a good one for the young" could mean that after they fledge & become self sufficient, they could then become prey for the peregrine falcons? ???
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