Sunny Skies and Friendly Winds to You, Blue Boy

[westwindschild]

The blue-banded male from Harrisburg's 2010 falcon clutch lost his long battle with trichomoniasis, I learned today. Blue Boy was taken to rehab for treatment for this terrible disease several days after May 27's banding. He remained there, undergoing treatment for that and numerous secondary infections ever since. Having lost nearly one third of

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[antbee362]

Poor little guy! Maybe his problem isn't related to our devastation of the earth but it all makes me sad anyway.

[westwindschild]

His problem doesn't seem to have a direct relationship to our harmful impact on the environment, but there is probably some tangential connection there. In any case, it is sad. I hate that poor Blue spent such a huge percentage of his short life sick and suffering instead of enjoying the freedom of the skies that should have been his heritage. I didn't connect to him as powerfully as I did to Wallace, but I still connected quite strongly, and losing him hurts