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The man that runs the popular Facebook page for Canuck the Crow said Wednesday that the beloved bird’s fledglings failed to survive nesting season.

“It is my sad duty to inform all of you that Canuck and Cassiar’s babies did not survive this year,” Shawn Bergman wrote in a Facebook post on Canuck and I, where he posts regular updates on the bird that has become his best friend.

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“To be blunt, I’m devastated,” he said. “The parents are doing OK but are visibly sad. I’m not a crow expert, but I now know what it looks and sounds like when a crow cries.”

Bergman has been sharing regular updates on Canuck’s foray into fatherhood since Canuck found a mate, named Cassiar, and began building a nest with the female crow at the beginning of March.

By April 14, Bergman announced that there were eggs in the nest, and Canuck and Cassiar were taking turns sitting on them.

“I personally think Canuck is going to turn out to be a great dad,” he wrote four days later.

On May 19, Bergman announced that that fledglings appeared to be feeding, a great sign for their viability. And over the past month, Canuck had been spotted vigorously defending his nest from potential predators. Whenever Canuck came to visit him, Bergman said, the crow looked proud.

In June, as other fledglings began making their way out of their nests, Bergman and Canuck’s fans could hardly wait for the bad boy crow’s baby birds to make their first appearance.

Bergman even wished his bird friend a Happy Father’s Day over the weekend, anticipating that it would be.