!!! All present, at night fall
June 25, 2009 - Toronto - King Street
Linda Woods Reports:
Well, it seems like a repeat, Speck remains at home, unfledged. He was spoon fed this morning around 9:30 probably because the heavy thunderstorm soon to move into the area. Flapping and a little running of the ledge were seen again today. Two others are flying well and keeping to the immediate area and taking to the air with the adults.
One juvenile that had fledged on Saturday was reported to CPF through email to be sitting on a window ledge on Wellington St. East. Many thanks to Doris from Royal & Sun Alliance for contacting us with this information. It is greatly appreciated. Sometimes these birds get into tight little places that can go unseen by ground volunteers.
Alpin was identified by Doris was sitting on her window ledge apparently from the last evening. This afternoon after the thunderstorm, and a little damp, Alpin took flight and headed east along Wellington Street and came to rest on a three story building at the corner of Wellington and Leader Lane. He sat there for a while mingling with some of the local pigeons, a single sparrow, and a tenasous gull. Uncomfortable with the reception he moved north along this roof line and back and finanlly settled on the north side vent. I wasn’t comfortable with the bird being on these old roofs because of the local raccoons. Alpin took a little leap and headed to the window sills on the other side of the alley, a little lower but in a safer place for the night.
This is the time now, that the juveniles will get themselves into trouble. Advancing flying skills and the instinct to chase prey have them ending up in all sorts of strange places and low lying window ledges of the downtown core. Flying lessons with the adults, airshows in the evening will take the juveniles a little further away from the nest during the day, but they tend to return to the nesting area for the night.
As for Speck, maybe he missed that class on Estimated Time of Departure. Generally, males will take first flight at 36 - 40 days of age. Speck will be 42 days of age on Friday. ( an estimate )
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