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article imageAfter being together for three years another couple call it quits

Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso] in Lifestyle | 22 comments | 360 views
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What seemed like true love between Horus and Hathor has apparently ended. They were together for three years as they attempted to have a family which failed. Now they have each found a new love.
Horus and Hathor have lived in Mount Clemens Michigan for three years and everyone thought they were life long partners. Their home was on the top of the old Macomb County Building.

You see they are peregrine falcons which normally mate for life. But it has been known there are times when they do swap partners.

So many people knew about the couple and tried to see if they would have a family that a Web cam was set up by Macomb County. They wanted to track the progress of Horus and Hathor as they tried to hatch and raise some chicks. In 2006 there were four eggs in their nest but none hatched. There were also four eggs last year with one that hatched but the chick only lived for a few days.

According to freep.com Kariann Anderson who is a peregrine observer for the Department of Natural Resources said
"A lot of people are going to be sad. Everyone knew Horus and Hathor as a couple."
the birds are identified by bands on their feet.

This spring, the female, Hathor returned to Mount Clemens with a new mate. She is six and her new mate is two. According to his ID tag his name is Nick and he had lived atop the Whittier Apartments in Detroit. He has now moved into Hathor's nest on the county building after he chased Horus off. The new couple now have four eggs in their nest. If the new couple have any luck the eggs should hatch around the middle of May.

Horus didn't spend too much time mourning his lost love. He is now living in another nest near the Wayne State University campus with an yet unidentified female.

Horus a beautiful falcon can be seen here
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  • Sue D. Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Sue D.
    		#1
    What a nice piece Picasso. It seems they have both found other loves and it is cute that it seems the people are more upset over the broken love affair than the birds are.

    No one likes to see the perfect couple split up.
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#2
    @ Sue D.
    What a nice piece Picasso. It seems they have both found other loves and it is cute that it seems the people are more upset over the broken love affair than the birds are.

    No one likes to see the perfect couple split up.


    Thanks Susan. When I saw this story I couldn't resist writing about it.

    I guess people just got too interested in this couple.
    That is the way it is though a lot of times. The couple break up go on their merry way and leave others to be unhappy about the breakup.
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  • Sue D. Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Sue D.
    		#3
    @ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    Thanks Susan. When I saw this story I couldn't resist writing about it.

    I guess people just got too interested in this couple.
    That is the way it is though a lot of times. The couple break up go on their merry way and leave others to be unhappy about the breakup.


    Yes. I think you did a great job of telling their love story.
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Debra Myers (skyangel)
    		#4
    Awww...so bittersweet. Life is like that!

    Good story telling, Cynthia!
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#5
    @ Debra Myers (skyangel)
    Awww...so bittersweet. Life is like that!

    Good story telling, Cynthia!


    Thanks Deb.

    Even the birds break up and find new loves when problems arise.
    Sounds like she thought HE was the one with the problem of infertile eggs. LOL
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  666divine
    		#6
    This couple know how to call it quits when things aren't working out.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CC7OYf5MII
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#7
    @ 666divine
    This couple know how to call it quits when things aren't working out.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CC7OYf5MII


    Hey 66 thanks for the song. :-)

    Hathor didn't have to tell Horus to "slip out the back" she just got Nick to chase him off.

    Guess it wasn't true love as the towns people thought.
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Debra Myers (skyangel)
    		#8
    @ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    Thanks Deb.

    Even the birds break up and find new loves when problems arise.
    Sounds like she thought HE was the one with the problem of infertile eggs. LOL


    Well, I'm sure she'd know if he was the "problem"! LOL!
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  666divine
    		#9
    @ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    Hey 66 thanks for the song. :-)

    Hathor didn't have to tell Horus to "slip out the back" she just got Nick to chase him off.

    Guess it wasn't true love as the towns people thought.

    Well, ya know, when guys see another fellow on their turf it's either fight or flight. I suppose he didn't think she was worth fighting for.
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#10
    @ Debra Myers (skyangel)
    Well, I'm sure she'd know if he was the "problem"! LOL!


    Well Deb aren't the males usually always the problem? ROFL
    Sorry guys. What would we do without you?
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  • redhawk Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  redhawk
    		#11
    @ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    Well Deb aren't the males usually always the problem? ROFL
    Sorry guys. What would we do without you?

    EASY now gals... Easy now... It could come back to roost as Jeremiah might speculate.. hahahahah :0)
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#12
    @ 666divine
    Well, ya know, when guys see another fellow on their turf it's either fight or flight. I suppose he didn't think she was worth fighting for.


    Maybe he already had that other chick on the side.
    He might have just gone back to pack his bag. LOL
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#13
    @ redhawk
    EASY now gals... Easy now... It could come back to roost as Jeremiah might speculate.. hahahahah :0)



    Whoops.
    Hi redhawk no offense meant to you males. Just kidding around. ROFL
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  • avatar Posted Apr 16, 2008 by  Debra Myers (skyangel)
    		#14
    @ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    Well Deb aren't the males usually always the problem? ROFL
    Sorry guys. What would we do without you?


    @ redhawk
    EASY now gals... Easy now... It could come back to roost as Jeremiah might speculate.. hahahahah :0)


    @ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    Maybe he already had that other chick on the side.
    He might have just gone back to pack his bag. LOL


    LOLOLOLOL! You all are cracking me up!
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  • avatar Posted Apr 17, 2008 by  lensman67
    		#15
    This is a sad comment on the breakdown of traditional values---which apparently are not for the birds after all.

    I blame the pressures of fame. It is hard enough, in this day and age, for celebrities to live normal lives, but with the paparazzi constantly swarming around it becomes almost impossible.

    First it was Britney Spears and K-Fed and now it is Horus and Hathor with sleazy videos showing up in the internet. Oh when will the madness ever end! ;o)
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  • avatar Posted Apr 17, 2008 by  lensman67
    		#16
    Wait a minuet! I guess the coffee is just now beginning to kick in and I suddenly realized something. You say that a free web cam was set up to monitor their love nest?

    And you people back east think we Californians are kinky! What ever happened to traditional values---like pay for view?
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  • avatar Posted Apr 17, 2008 by  Debra Myers (skyangel)
    		#17
    @ lensman67
    This is a sad comment on the breakdown of traditional values---which apparently are not for the birds after all.

    I blame the pressures of fame. It is hard enough, in this day and age, for celebrities to live normal lives, but with the paparazzi constantly swarming around it becomes almost impossible.

    First it was Britney Spears and K-Fed and now it is Horus and Hathor with sleazy videos showing up in the internet. Oh when will the madness ever end! ;o)


    @ lensman67
    Wait a minuet! I guess the coffee is just now beginning to kick in and I suddenly realized something. You say that a free web cam was set up to monitor their love nest?

    And you people back east think we Californians are kinky! What ever happened to traditional values---like pay for view?


    LOL!
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  • avatar Posted Apr 17, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#18
    @ lensman67
    This is a sad comment on the breakdown of traditional values---which apparently are not for the birds after all.

    I blame the pressures of fame. It is hard enough, in this day and age, for celebrities to live normal lives, but with the paparazzi constantly swarming around it becomes almost impossible.

    First it was Britney Spears and K-Fed and now it is Horus and Hathor with sleazy videos showing up in the internet. Oh when will the madness ever end! ;o)


    @ lensman67
    Wait a minuet! I guess the coffee is just now beginning to kick in and I suddenly realized something. You say that a free web cam was set up to monitor their love nest?

    And you people back east think we Californians are kinky! What ever happened to traditional values---like pay for view?


    I just got home after being gone since 9:15 this morning.

    We here don't have weird people to check out like what I saw in L.A. when I was out there some time ago. So I guess the best we can do is set Web cameras up to spy on the birds.
    :-)
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  • avatar Posted May 12, 2008 by  Julybug
    		#19
    Hhahahahaha I just read the comment by lensman and cracked up...people here at work kinda gave me a funny look


    @ lensman67
    This is a sad comment on the breakdown of traditional values---which apparently are not for the birds after all.

    I blame the pressures of fame. It is hard enough, in this day and age, for celebrities to live normal lives, but with the paparazzi constantly swarming around it becomes almost impossible.

    First it was Britney Spears and K-Fed and now it is Horus and Hathor with sleazy videos showing up in the internet. Oh when will the madness ever end! ;o)


    I didn't know falcons mated for life. But at least they're keeping up with the rest of the world and are "turning in their lease for an upgraded model."
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  • avatar Posted May 12, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#20
    @ Julybug
    Hhahahahaha I just read the comment by lensman and cracked up...people here at work kinda gave me a funny look


    I didn't know falcons mated for life. But at least they're keeping up with the rest of the world and are "turning in their lease for an upgraded model."


    Funny, but you don't want the folks at work to think that you are strange.
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  • avatar Posted May 12, 2008 by  Julybug
    		#21
    they already know I'm a little "off"
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  • avatar Posted May 12, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso]
    		#22
    @ Julybug
    they already know I'm a little "off"


    LOL Well that should make them wonder a little more.
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