Oh honey! That is heartbreaking! I wish I could sit with you, it is horrible to loose a fathered friend, especially to violent ends. I am so sorry. Raccoons are such bad predators they are thick out here.
I with I could hug you my dear sweet sister. I am so sorry for your loss.
Thank you so. :(
I cried hard and it's just not the same now. She always made such a bid deal when she would see or hear me, jumping around all excited. She had the sweetest ever so soft coo and vocalizations, I called it her inside voice, she never used it with the other birds.
I know you can totally understand these kinds of bonds. Thank you wild sister. <3