Baby falcon born on San Jose City Hall crashes into building, dies

Mercury News ^ | 6/17/08 | Lisa Fernandez

[NormsRevenge]

A peregrine falcon named Cielo has died after the 2-month-old bird likely crashed into San Jose City Hall where she and her family have been living on a ledge. She is believed to have died late Monday night or early Tuesday morning after being driven to an animal hospital that specializes in birds on Monday morning.

Cielo's siblings, Meyye and Mercury, are alive and well.

In fact, her sister and brother, respectively, are flying about, and expected to leave the nest - literally - sometime this summer.

The falcon family has drawn widespread interest from bird watchers throughout the world who frequently peer into these once-endangered birds' lives via a webcam stationed at city hall and administered through the University of California-Santa Cruz.

"Cielo will be remembered fondly by the nearly 2,000 fans who gather online on the City Hall Falcon newsgroup," mayoral spokeswoman Michelle McGurk wrote in a bulletin alerting folks of the bird's untimely demise.

The three peregrine falcons, born to parents Clara and Carlos on April 22, were recently named in a contest sponsored by Mayor Chuck Reed whose office announced the winners in late May. Coincidentally, the ceremony to honor the three school children who named the birds was scheduled for tonight.

[Man50D]

And as for the falcon death, it probably struck a window.

A Red Tailed Hawk flew into the sliding glass door on my back deck three summers ago. It made quite a thud. It was stunned for about ten minutes before flying away.

[353FMG]

“Did she know the way to San Jose?”

Don’t make fun of the bird. (Sheesh, you’ll find a clown in every crowd.)

[kabar]

Slow news day.... In the meantime, human beings around the globe are dying from disease, hunger, and natural disasters icluding in Iowa.

[rottndog]

"Cielo will be remembered fondly by the nearly 2,000 fans who gather online on the City Hall Falcon newsgroup,"

Sickos...

[bray]

Boo Hoo Hoo, Can we drill for Oil now??

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Titan Magroyne]

http://www.kcbs.com/Baby-Falcon-Slams-into-SJ-Building/2283677

http://www.nbc11.com/news/16636529/detail.html

For the benefit of anyone else who doesn’t wish to register. :o)

[SouthDixie]

A peregrine falcon named Cielo has died after the 2-month-old bird likely crashed into San Jose City Hall

So much for hope and change for Ceilo.

[Our man in washington]

That’s the first time I’ve heard of an immature falcon getting destroyed by horrendously bad judgment.

Oh wait, I forgot about Michael Vick.

[chesty_puller]

Last month a Great Blue Heron landed on the power line on my place. He was fine until he stretched out his wings. He was a pretty bird.

[#1CTYankee]

It happens, we've had at lest three birds fly into our picture window in the last two years.

One was a a Falcon able to reach speeds of 70 M.P.H

I thought he was coming through.

They got lucky, they all lived and flew away.

They were not however babies.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

I hope that this isn’t a bad omen for those who are seriously attempting to create “The Falcon Party” as a conservative alternative political party.

[Polynikes]

Its amazing how this story gets the attention it does. Goes to show how isolated people have become from nature. It is a cruel mistress. The strong and lucky survive and the weak and unlucky perish. I'll bet quite a few folks have no idea how Safeway gets their steaks. People have become so removed from natural processes that they believe their food is manufactured in the back rooms of their local supermarkets.

[Hot Tabasco]

I enjoy watching peregrines.

In Mt. clemens MI which is near to me, there is a pair who now have 2 chicks in a nest somewhere on the Macomb County Courthouse building.......

I guess last year the then pair had 2 eggs which never hatched. This year a new male came along and drove off the other male who headed back into Detroit and the new male was successful (I guess) in producing the eggs which resulted in the chicks.......

On another note, Stoney Creek Park which is N.W. of me has tried unsuccessfully over the past few years in cultivating an Osprey population. For several years they have acquired an Osprey chick and placed it in a man made nest only to have the bird fly south when grown and not return the following season.

I think it was last year that I talked to the nature center about their program and they said the funding was only temporary and since the last bird never returned, the funding was being terminated.........

[coop71]

Here's an osprey who flies over our neighborhood lake every Friday. Why just Friday? Who knows?

[Grizzled Bear]

I confess. I laughed at the title.

[Snurple]

I was at a construction site in Indiana last summer and we caught a young hawk that looked like that. As I was wiping the blood off my forearm (where its needle like talons had poked numerous holes) and applying a bandage to the missing tip of my finger (extremely sharp beak) I was informed that the sweet creature was a sparrow hawk. After my encounter I can only say, God help the poor sparrow that bird takes an interest in.

[Nailbiter]

ping

[BurbankKarl]

[Political Junkie Too]

In fact, her sister and brother, respectively...

Do they know this for sure? Can they tell from the webcam at that young age? Or did people take some liberties here?

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

Baby falcon born on San Jose City Hall crashes into building, dies

"Oh, no! We must go back in time to save the falcon!"

"We're too late! We must go back in time and warn us to arrive sooner, to save the falcon!"
"We're too late! We must go back in time and warn us to arrive sooner, to save the falcon!"
"We're too late! We must go back in time and warn us to arrive sooner, to save the falcon!"
"We're too late! We must go back in time and warn us to arrive sooner, to save the falcon!"

"Hooray! We saved the falcon!"
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"Hooray! We saved the falcon!"
"Hooray! We saved the falcon!"
"Hooray! We saved the falcon!"
"Hooray! We saved the falcon!"
"Hooray! We saved the falcon!"
"Hooray! We saved the falcon!"

-PJ