Radisson - 2011 / A Death in the Family - Vesper

[Pam]

Can still see her marching around the roof of the St. Regis.....RIP, Vesper!

[carly]

Oh I"m so sorry to read this news  . 

There is a positive in this though - she made it this long and were it not for man made planes - no doubt she'd have gone on to nest somewhere.  Fly free little Vesper, so glad we got to know you 

[Kinderchick]

Aw!!! Very sad news about our little Vesper!

[The Peregrine Chick]

A Death in the Family - Vesper

Hate to start off the 2011 Radisson with sad news but we have had a report from the/a state biologist in Texas that one of our Radisson chicks was struck and killed by an aircraft at San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, Texas on Tuesday, January 18th.  The band number confirms that the bird that died was Vesper from the 2009 wild-hatch at the Radisson Hotel.  And the last female chick hatched to Trey and Princess.

Her siblings:
2004 - Infinity (f unknown), Alley (f nesting in Lincoln, Nebraska) & an unnamed male sibling
2005 - Ivy (m nesting at the Radisson), Lucy (f unknown but did nest once unsuccessfully in West Winnipeg) & an unnamed male sibling
2006 - The Little Daredevil (m died at fledging), Bandit (m unknown), Radisson (f nesting in Edmonton, Alberta)
2007 - Hurricane (f nesting in Brandon), Chinook (m unknown), Mistral (f unknown), Taku (f died before fledging)
2008 - The Lost Chicks (died before fledging)
2009 - Ty (m observed at the Radisson Oct 2010), Tupper (m unknown), Vesper (f died in San Antonio, Texas 2011)

Vesper just before being re-released at the Radisson in July 2009 - (photo by Dennis Swayze)