Amsterdam nestbox

[MAK]

Heartbreaking!   

[Donna]

Oh no, the poor little ones...how awful. I was afraid to look. Guess they starved. 

[Donna]

Yes it is soo sad! I just saw the dead babies, they are just so tiny.

But very good news that there are other hatches and I will try to look at them.
greetings Aafke

Zwolle has a hatch !!   

[Donna]

Someone cleaned up the Amsterdam nest box....so sad.    I was actually afraid to look this morning but I had to.

[Joyce]

Thought I would share some sentiments...

Many of us remember from Ma, Pa & S2 that the Dutch do not intefere.  Nora from the Netherlands posted the sad news and ended her post with..."Our policy is to let nature have her course, no human intervention.  Let the peregrines live their own lives, let them be peregrines in the peregrine way. We'll watch and learn."
I really like the statement let them be peregrines in the peregrine way. I need to remind myself of that every now and then as I warm up to Beauty & Archer.

Juanita expressed this on the Cleveland board...[/color]
"Nora, I am so sorry about Bea and her sweet precious babies. I feel her spirit waited until they joined her and they are together now.
It is difficult not to cry and grieve at a time like this, for how can we not get attached to such glorious peregrines."

~Joyce

[MAK]

 

[Donna]

So what exactly happened here? Was there a take-over by another female and was the resident female killed?   Oh wow!

[carla]

Hi Donna,
The mom was driven off, but watchers don't know if she was killed.She is not found yet.The male did not get a chance to feed the babies because the new female took all his food and she did not feed the little ones.It's very sad.There is a new female and maybe there will be new eggs.I cannot think clearly about that.
Greetings Carla

[Donna]

Hi Donna,
The mom was driven off, but watchers don't know if she was killed.She is not found yet.The male did not get a chance to feed the babies because the new female took all his food and she did not feed the little ones.It's very sad.There is a new female and maybe there will be new eggs.I cannot think clearly about that.
Greetings Carla

DeMortel all over..except Pa did his best to feed the eyas's. S2 was sneaky but Pa fooled her after a few days by caching food and letting S2 take one and he went to get another to feed his kids. What a good dad he was...yes, 1 died but the rest survived and S2 finally took the reins and helped. Poor Ma and this poor mother also. I'm sure it happens all over and we just don't see it unless there's a cam. I feel awful but I'll live. Thanks Carla.

[Donna]

Falcon at Amsterdam....wonder what the out come is....is there a new falcon? Any news on the other that was driven off?

[Donna]

  Falcon there again...wonder if it's a new female and will she lay eggs?

[Christiane]

I saw two falcons in the nest yesterday and one was VERY large and fluffy.  I had only seen one hanging around for quite a while.

[Donna]

I saw two falcons in the nest yesterday and one was VERY large and fluffy.  I had only seen one hanging around for quite a while.

Just wondering what's going on there. Every now and then I see a falcon there and was hoping for a 2nd clutch, if it's a new female. Poor Eemsmond huh....sitting away and nothing will hatch. Nijmegen should have a hatch any day now. Thanks.

[Annette]

A while ago this peregrine flew away.