I don't like this time of year. RIP young falcon. You felt the wind beneath your wings for too short of a time. You're now soaring with the best of our falcons far above us.
I'm with you Margaret! Tragic time of year! I know it happens but I don't have to like it!
6/22/2012 :: Fledgling Update The fledglings have been sighted at various locations away from the nest ledge and occasionally visit the ledge briefly. They seem to have no interest in returning to the ledge. It is likely that the adult male is still flying with them and giving them advance hunting lessons. By the end of June, they should set out on their first long journey.
All but one of the zoo's barnyard animals died in the flood, which claimed six sheep, four goats, one donkey, one raven, one snowy owl and one turkey vulture.
Amid the chaos, a polar bear escaped her flooded enclosure and needed to be tranquilised, while two seals were found washed up along nearby roads.