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Well, this is the saddest news. I had hoped that Edmonton would escape the terrible trend of death this year. Sweet little Yellow Girl, so brave and full of life and such a good sister to Blue and Red. I am so, so sorry. What a shame that she was doing so well to then get spooked and confused by the actions of people, how heartbreaking.
I hope that she did not suffer. I know that she got to fly and live like a falcon for a short while but that is little consolation.

Note: I am a little confused by the account. It refers to Yellow as 'he' and then goes on to say that Yellow and Blue are doing well.

I know how hard this will be for bev. and Peter too who witnessed it. You just can't protect them from everything no matter how hard you try.

bev, I am so sorry to hear about poor Yellow band. You and all the others on the ground did all you possibly could to keep her safe. Big hugs for you, friend.

Bev, I'm also very sorry about Yellow.

Good Morning Everyone. Mr. Bev here.

I see in reviewing some of the posts that you have already heard the sad news. I'll just give you a little update and more of the days events.

To start off with, We had lost yellow on Monday and couldn't find him. When I went to the site in the early morning on Tuesday (as Bev was really sick - bad hamburger). I still could only see the two chicks. Suddenly "Blue" flew around "Maz" building and onto the hospital. She had been bouncing around on the netting and fell off and basically was forced to fly. She had a great first flight - landing was not the greatest but thats to be expected. It was almost like a divine intervention as while observing "Blue", I noticed some movement over to the right and lower down on the hospital. Closer inspection revealed "Yellow" perched on a window ledge. Now we had all three again. "Yellow" moved around the hospital window ledges and unfortunately ended up on the roof of the emergency. It is a low roof and made for easy observation but was really too low. I contacted the biologist, who suggested we monitor her closely. So to better monitor her we talked the hospital security to get us access to the windows to the roof. This roof is walled on three sides with offices. When we looked through the window she was laying there on the roof. What I think happened was that she was caught in the area and when the people were moving around in the area she got spooked and tried to fly and flew into the wall, breaking her neck.

I know its sad news but unfortunately thats how nature works some times. She is now with "Swoop" soaring those eternal skies.

"Blue", and "Red" are doing well. "Red" is the eternal "stinker" as he was last year divebombing her sister on her maiden flight and knocking Mom off her perch continually. Mom will eventually tune him in, I'm sure. They are both eating and flying really well. Now its not so much watch time as chase time as Bev and the rest of the watchers will be running to keep up with them. "Red" is already chasing mom across the skies for food and soon will be taking it from her. All part of the training.

Bev, when she gets a chance tonight will be posting some pictures, I'm sure. "Yellow" was turned over to the biologist, who invited Bev to the banding of "Miss Edmonton's" first chick in a few years.

She laid four eggs but only one hatched. Exciting for Bev as this was her first female that she watched. The biologist also managed to capture her and take off her transmitter. So she will be flying more free. So with bad news and tears comes good news too.

Thank you, Peter, for the details of yesterday. It must have been so hard to see Yellow get spooked and then even harder to relay the news to Bev. A big hug for you, too, with all you are doing. Thanks also for pointing out all the good news from both nests.

Oh no...such sad news about little Yellowband! It seems as though we've had so many more losses this year than in previous years. My heart goes out to Bev, Peter, and all the others in Edmonton who've been so dedicated to watching over and protecting Radisson, Damon, and their fledglings.

Bev just called from the site. Both Red and Blue are flying great. Starting to venture further and further and taking more flights. Red seems to want to play tag with Blue, but she doesn't want any part of that right now.

Such sad news, particularly when both of you are keeping such a close eye on your fledglings. I'm so sorry Bev to have this happen to one of your babies. Hopefully you had a great time at the banding today to help keep your mind off the loss. Fantastic news that Miss E. got her transmitter removed! Great news that the other two are flying so well. Please take care and get good rest!

I am just back from the site.

When I called Peter and he told me yellow was O.K. yesterday , I wss elated. then when he gave me the update I was crushed. Some thing else mus t have happened to her that she ended up where she did on Monday night. She was our out in front peregrine this year. She had strong flights when we saw her fly in Monday. But I got to see her afterward, and through the tears , I had closure. I knew we did our best. She was so beautiful. My heart went out to my Peter because this was not the rescue he had in mind. Thank-you for all your kind words. but I have accepted the loss and I am glad we found her and that we were able to give her dignity at the end.

The hardest thing was watching Blue yesterday. She would not leave that area. Kept flying to different parts of the hospital area and then ended up on the stone pillar above ,where Yellow band dies. The adults were flying around looking and calling for here also.

She is flying free with Swoop now. She had a chance to taste the wind beneath her wings, and for that I am grateful.

Today, my heart stopped a few times. Red is flying so well and becoming a real dare devil. He swoops and chases after the adults. He loves the antennae. Blue band is also flying strong. She does not want to play tag yet and Red constantly teases her. When you loose sight , you hold your breath until they come back. A lot of running though, to see were they are.

We are noticing a real difference with a new male. Our kids were never in the area that Yellow band ended up yesterday. He is not as hands on. When the kids fly , no one is with them . Damon used to fly with them and go underneath ,if he had to. But we will all adjust to this and I hope they are soon taken over to the safer area.
We hold our breath when the helicopter comes in.

I have some chores to do and if I have time I will enter the Pictures and fix them up and post them.

Many thanks to the people coming out to help us. But fledge watch is not an easy thing.

I will also post some picutres taken by DAve(a fledge watcher) of bands first flight.

I forgot to mention that Blue band was on top of box today (to escape from reds teasing) and REd spent quite some time on the black netting.

Hi Everyone...
Ive been mentioned here before, but Im Becky, and Im part of the Edmonton-CSB Fledge Watch.

My boyfriend Dave takes a lot of photos of the falcons - he was bit by the bug last year. Though it is very sad news about Yellow, she was a beautiful bird, and I wanted to share this picture of her taken not long before her end. She will be missed :(



Im so happy that our other birds are flying really well so far. I like to sneak peaks out my window to see if I can spot them while Im at work, and could see at least one every time I looked (I have a limited, but decent view!). Speaking of blue flying, here is a picture of her on her second flight - she did a great job!

Beauties , Becky.

I think blue up on nest box just now



Peter jsut phoned and he has some video form tonight . Hopefully I can start posting a few days a time