National Aviary, Cathedral of Learning - Pitt Peregrines

[carly]

Hope killed and ate her first hatch...again...

https://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2018/04/17/bad-news-again/

[patsy6]

  Oh my goodness, this is such a sad mystery. What has to happen in Hope's brain that in that instant of hatching she sees them as either a threat or as prey? And why does that switch in her brain not go on if they hatch in the dark or if Terzo is there for the hatching? It is so sad and so strange.

[carly]

Oh my goodness, this is such a sad mystery. What has to happen in Hope's brain that in that instant of hatching she sees them as either a threat or as prey? And why does that switch in her brain not go on if they hatch in the dark or if Terzo is there for the hatching? It is so sad and so strange.

It's no mystery to those of us that have some background in environmental studies and the damaging effects of Supersites on humans and other species.  What the mystery to me is why they haven't trapped her and removed her from the site so she can be tested .  

She's like the canary in the coal mine but no one is listening again.  

[carly]

Someone online said she killed the second one at 9 am.

[Kris G.]

Just read this on Kate's FB page..such a sad situation.  Hopefully, Terzo will intervene with the remaining eggs as they hatch. 

[Kris G.]

Someone online said she killed the second one at 9 am.

Terrible! 

[carly]

Someone online said she killed the second one at 9 am.

Terrible!  

Trying to verify but I have to run into meeting but it's on Pitt Peregrines and they are pretty reliable but it was a poster that said it was happening.

[carly]

Kate has just confirmed and updated her blog:

UPDATE at 9am: She killed and ate #2. 

[patsy6]

Oh my goodness, this is such a sad mystery. What has to happen in Hope's brain that in that instant of hatching she sees them as either a threat or as prey? And why does that switch in her brain not go on if they hatch in the dark or if Terzo is there for the hatching? It is so sad and so strange.

It's no mystery to those of us that have some background in environmental studies and the damaging effects of Supersites on humans and other species.  What the mystery to me is why they haven't trapped her and removed her from the site so she can be tested .  

She's like the canary in the coal mine but no one is listening again.  

True. I have no doubt that the cause is environmental, but I am interested in what is actually happening in her brain, and why and how it is turned off so that, if the chick survives past hatching, she becomes a normal mother. 

[carly]

There's a pip in egg 3 they say, poor kid  

[carly]

Oh my goodness, this is such a sad mystery. What has to happen in Hope's brain that in that instant of hatching she sees them as either a threat or as prey? And why does that switch in her brain not go on if they hatch in the dark or if Terzo is there for the hatching? It is so sad and so strange.

It's no mystery to those of us that have some background in environmental studies and the damaging effects of Supersites on humans and other species.  What the mystery to me is why they haven't trapped her and removed her from the site so she can be tested .  

She's like the canary in the coal mine but no one is listening again.  

True. I have no doubt that the cause is environmental, but I am interested in what is actually happening in her brain, and why and how it is turned off so that, if the chick survives past hatching, she becomes a normal mother. 

Yes and that's what those type of chemicals do - they can actually alter the DNA of a species.  Something is definitely different in her 'wiring' and it would be fascinating to find out. 

[Donna]

She has issues!!    I don't watch that cam anymore! She needs help!

NOT NORMAL!!! 

[patsy6]

Sad to think it's where Beauty was hatched, too.

[Donna]

Sad to think it's where Beauty was hatched, too.

Yes, but Dorothy wasn't a Cannibal!! 

[carly]

Terzo was on eggs when number 3 hatched so it's alive!!!