De Senna (NL 1991 2020650) - 1991 - July 30, 2007

[TAWhatley]

De Senna and his mate, Serena, came to me in January of 2006 to live out the remainder of their lives as pampered and spoiled retired racing pigeons. I am very sorry to report that De Senna's time here was far too short. He passed away sometime during the night of July 30, 2007 at the ripe old age of 16. His mate, Serena, is also 16 years old and is mourning the loss of her beloved De Senna as I sit here and write this.

De Senna was a world class racing pigeon and sired a number of other world class racing pigeons in his time: http://www.hapycolofts.com/lofts/families/desenna.html

De Senna and Serena were introduced to Pigeon-Talk in this thread: http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=13622

Though De Senna had developed very serious arthritis in his feet and legs, he appeared to be otherwise healthy and happy. I was even thinking how well he and Serena were doing when I topped up their food and water late yesterday afternoon. Little did I know that De Senna would not be with us in the morning.

I will miss this grand old man.

Terry