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Title: Peregrine falcon chick at Town Center dies after crashing into a window Post by: Donna on 22-Jun-16, 06:25:25 AM VIRGINIA BEACH
The peregrine falcon chick born on the Armada Hoffler building at Town Center died Tuesday after crashing into one of the building’s windows. The building maintenance staff found the female chick on a ledge on the 20th floor, said Reese Lukei, who has been monitoring the nest for the Center for Conservation Biology in Williamsburg. The peregrine, which flew for the first time days ago, charged into a reflective window, Lukei said. “Peregrines are very aggressive creatures, and apparently she thought she was charging another young peregrine,” he said. The birds can fly at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. The youngster, hatched May 4, was the first chick known to be born in Virginia Beach since the peregrine population declined in the 1970s from the effects of DDT. Peregrines are still on Virginia’s list of threatened species. Lukei and Bryan Watts, director of the center, banded the chick when it was less than a month old. They had hoped to track some of its movements as an adult. Mary Reid Barrow, barrow1@cox.net http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/pilotonline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/e1/be1ee25b-20eb-50e9-b627-4c022023d175/5769c9bad39db.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C801 (http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/pilotonline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/e1/be1ee25b-20eb-50e9-b627-4c022023d175/5769c9bad39db.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C801) (PIC) Just before she crashed :crying: Fly Free She was the only chic at this nest! :( Title: Re: Peregrine falcon chick at Town Center dies after crashing into a window Post by: Annette on 22-Jun-16, 06:29:29 AM Oh no! That is sad :'(
Title: Re: Peregrine falcon chick at Town Center dies after crashing into a window Post by: MAK on 22-Jun-16, 08:26:11 AM :kleenex: :sorrow:
Title: Re: Peregrine falcon chick at Town Center dies after crashing into a window Post by: carly on 22-Jun-16, 08:33:25 AM And still we (as in humans) do nothing about reflective glass, so many alternatives available today to fix this issue but not many feel it's worth the money to save birds.
What a tragedy :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: Title: Re: Peregrine falcon chick at Town Center dies after crashing into a window Post by: Kris G. on 22-Jun-16, 09:49:13 AM :crying: Title: Re: Peregrine falcon chick at Town Center dies after crashing into a window Post by: patsy6 on 22-Jun-16, 10:13:04 AM :'(
Title: Re: Peregrine falcon chick at Town Center dies after crashing into a window Post by: jeanne on 22-Jun-16, 02:29:04 PM Darn windows :crying:
Title: Re: Peregrine falcon chick at Town Center dies after crashing into a window Post by: AlisonL on 09-Jul-16, 09:54:49 PM And still we (as in humans) do nothing about reflective glass, so many alternatives available today to fix this issue but not many feel it's worth the money to save birds. What a tragedy :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: This is so true, Carly. Not nearly enough people care about fixing this problem, and I don't think that is going to change. And this little chick was the first to hatch in the area since DDT decimated the peregrine population. So very sad . . . :crying: |