A new tiercel has been spotted with Kathy Q.  We got a peek at him last night as he was right outside the nestbox and bands were spotted but he hasn't gotten the nerve up to enter the nest box yet so no idea on color or ID. 

http://blogs.indystar.com/falconblog/

That was just wonderful to watch, so happy they are finally free to be 'ducks'.  Thanks for sharing kitty 

If you can stand it, Mei is back on cam.  She's been alternating between digging in the boo looking for her cub, crying out, banging the walls and now she's got her head on the platform.

Hard to watch, but want to ensure she's okay.

From NZ Facebook site:

We are broken-hearted to share that we have lost our little giant panda cub. Panda keepers and volunteers heard Mei Xiang make a distress vocalization at 9:17 a.m. and let the veterinarian staff know immediately. They turned off the panda cam and were able to safely retrieve the cub for an evaluation at 10:22 a.m., which we only do in situations of gravest concern. The veterinarians immediately performed CPR and other life-saving measures, but sadly the cub was unresponsive. We’ll have more updates as we learn more, but right now we know is that the cub weighed just under 100 grams and that there was no outward sign of trauma or infection. We’ll share information with you as we learn more.

 

He's gone, Washington Post is reporting it on their breaking news banner.

I'm trying to keep in mind that something similar happened to one of Lun Lun's cubs in Atlanta. They got it out & revived it...

Praying very very hard...

Yes it was Xi Lan but they responded very fast to his situation.  ZA went in pronto, the second Lun called for help they were on it.  There was a 40 minute delay here until he cams went down..

I know it's not easy to go in and grab a cub from a 260 pound bear and I hope they got to the cub in time. 

No news yet is the latest update from the zoo attendee. 

Someone posted video of it but I don't have the heart right now to post the link.  The cub looked lifeless and Mei was crying and she picked it up and continued crying...I couldnt watch it to the end.

It doesn't sound good kitty, multiple Vets on site now.  Someone is there and texting the updates to us. 

Pray hard guys, Vet staff on site at NZ.  Cams are off and watchers reported Mei honking and cub not responding in the last half hour.  Watching now for updates.

For those who follow SW and Boomer I have some news.  We have been observing SW for a few weeks now and she's been laying down more often than perching and Scott has posted this observation with photos today.

You can see his post here if you scroll down, it is sad news and everyone is praying she can fight whatever it is that is ailing her.

http://falconcam-cmnh.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?65708.520#post_69638

Last night Mei left the den for the first time.  We noticed she seemed awfully restless and was up and down from the platform and then I went to bed and this morning I find she left the den for about 3 minutes.  She drank some water, did her business and came back!

A panda fan video taped some of it and you can clearly see the cub is healthy and chubby.  The most amazing part is towards the end, when she is coming back - she vocalizes and bleats to the cubbie that she's on her way and cubbie answers back!  Here is a link to the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDtD7yDMZao#

...and this one...

 

Oh Happy Day...tears of joy this morning!!!!

       

You know with all the excitement of the past few months I had forgotten about her foot and she's certainly not let it slow her down at all which really proves she's truly healed