RICHMOND, VA: 2013

obxbarb · **Posted:** Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:21 pm

Wednesday evening. Admiring her babies, then a little R&R.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64743

So cute, Barb....

These are also from last night..

catwoman · **Posted:** Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:53 pm

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64743

catwoman · **Posted:** Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:29 pm

bev. · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:05 am

our little miracles :flirty:

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:43 pm

Ferenz · **Posted:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:30 pm

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64743

Where the heck are the kids???!!! Its too soon for banding, isn't it?...and don't they usually announce that?

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64743

Well, the only positive thing I can think of is that they are both up against the front of the box, out of view...maybe right below where Harriet is standing, maybe?

I guess we need to watch for a feeding..

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64743

I think this is a chick's head..at least it looked like it was moving..but, I'm really not sure...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64743

Well, they've pulled back...I'm still not really seeing the chicks..I'm a little worried. I'm not sure why they would pull back vs zooming in, trying to find them..unless they did that and I probably missed it.

it says it is currently 96 degrees in Richmond...Oh dear..can chicks even handle that?

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64743

I was just praying for a different outcome... :tissue:

This is so, so sad....RIP, little ones.. :sorrow:

.I hope they can figure out what happened to these 2 little miracles.

Please see the recent blog post:

mwplay · **Joined:** Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:15 am **Posts:** 10250

Gosh, I feel like all I ever say is "I'm sorry". This is so sad. I'm so sorry for all the people who follow this nest and for this pair.

:sorrow:

Matrix · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 6:44 pm

In the past captures...the 22cnd seemed to be the downhill day that the pink healthy look to them... went away..
Really bizzare that the head looks wounded in the one pic...
Hope the necropsy locates something...

This is just very disturbing... :gaaaaah:

catwoman · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:20 pm

This is just devastating news. :cryinggirl:

Like the rest of you, I was hopeful that these babies would survive. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that the heat was to blame since they only had that thin later of down to insulate them. There were other chicks born late at this nest, though, but maybe it didn't get quite as hot until their feathers had grown in. RIP little ones. :sorrow:

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:31 pm

OMG this is just awful, like you said mwplay, seems I'm sorry is being said way to much this year.
RIP sweet babies :cryinggirl:

bev. · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:28 pm

I am ready to throw in the towel . this is too much.

I fit was heat, then i am going to worry about ours. We have had nothing but rain but we are going to have 3 days of almost 30C
Man I am just so sad right now. :tissue:

obxbarb · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:11 pm

What a sad day in Richmond. I talked to Sergio today and the biologists are as sad as we are about this. They watch them every day too and also saw how healthy they were. I'm not sure what to think about the little one's wounds since they were always well fed. I really think the scorching heat at the wrong time (2 weeks old) got to these two, but at least they found one of the chicks so they can do a necropsy. They will not have the results back on the egg for a while yet. Boy is Richmond a tough place to be a falcon watcher :girlsad3:

catwoman · **Posted:** Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:30 am

obxbarb wrote:

What a sad day in Richmond. I talked to Sergio today and the biologists are as sad as we are about this. They watch them every day too and also saw how healthy they were. I'm not sure what to think about the little one's wounds since they were always well fed. I really think the scorching heat at the wrong time (2 weeks old) got to these two, but at least they found one of the chicks so they can do a necropsy. They will not have the results back on the egg for a while yet. Boy is Richmond a tough place to be a falcon watcher :girlsad3:

Barb, so sorry for you & for the biologists & other people who do what they can to take care of these kids. Ferenz got a picture of a feeding that day, but maybe the babes were too lethargic from the heat to want to eat... :tissue:

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