bobbi and sally

We have a few around here and every once in a while one will land on the fence for a bit (and piss off all of the potential food - heh).

SteveStrummerUK


 
Check out this extract from BBC's Human Planet: Peregrine Falcons controlling pigeons in Dubai
 
 
Wonderful.

I wonder if they can be used on lawyers and politicians as well?

well, the little birdies stayed put last night..


first night that one of them hasn't gotten in trouble, i think they're over the hump.
we'll see.

starting to see some amazing flights over the temple square now.....

bummer.
both Sally, and Amelia have died.

well, nobody's sure.

first, sally:
"Church security reported an expired falcon on the east observation deck this morning. Banding number indicates Sally. Bob picked her up and is having  a necropsy done "


that happened monday/sunday...


then, amelia:



from the salt lake city falcons blog:
" Bob got a call from church security this afternoon that someone found one of the birds near the west entrance of JSMB. Bob picked her up and couldn't see any reason she would be on the ground, but just to be safe he took her to visit a falcon specialist who said Amelia shows signs of having just eaten and it can be common for them to have a difficult time flying in the heat after just eating (I think I got that right). Anyway, Amelia will overnight and if all is well, Bob will release her tomorrow morning."

that was monday.


then finally on wednesday:


"I am really very sad to report that we lost Amelia yesterday morning. Bob released her on the Beehive after her night at the rehabber. She seemed fine. It was then that Bob received the call about Sally, so he picked up Sally and went to his office to arrange testing etc. He returned to the grounds to check up on Amelia before lunchtime and found her hanging on to a window frame on the west side of JSMB. She then flew north around the building and apparently landed in the 'hollow' space between the wings of that building. When Bob got to her, she was lying prone in a puddle, but alive. He took her back to the rehabber, Joanne, on Tuesday where she spent the night. Joanne said she look well at 11pm, but when she checked on her in the early morning she had died. There was nothing apparently wrong but tests are being run on both birds now looking for answers. Bob said the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks Sally should have been able to tough it out on the observation deck for the 24+ hrs because there was shade, etc. So maybe there is something else going on. Both birds were big and healthy looking. "

the results for the necropsies done on the two birds, Bird #1 Amelia and Bird #2 Sally:

 
“There was no sign of infectious disease in either bird. 

The lab saw evidence that both birds suffered from a huge fall. 

Bird number 1 had a ruptured crop that led to a bacterial infection as well as a bruised heart. 

Bird number 2 was extremely emaciated and the crop/intestines were completely empty. 

The second bird also had a contusion on the top of the head attributed to a large fall.”