Cass Dahlstrom confirmed this morning that the second peregrine nestling had died at the Washington Mutual Tower in Seattle. We immediately contacted Wright Runstad and they have been extremely helpful in arranging for a drop to the ledge on the 56th floor of the building.
Denise Kolb, Special Projects Engineer, ran the window washing stage and took FRG volunteer and peregrine bander, Martin Muller, down to the ledge to retrieve the dead eyass just moments ago.
They were able to get to the ledge immediately and before the adult female carried the dead chick from the ledge.
Chris Anderson, WSDFW biologist, will be picking the bird up around noon today and conveying it to the Washington State veterinarian at Pullman for a necropsy.
Everyone's goal is to try and determine what has caused this relatively unique incident of peregrine mortality. If we can determine the specific cause, we may be able to prevent it from recuring in the future.
