Ottawa - Delta Ottawa City Centre

First thing this morning, Diana fed Nihei, but not Tailer.  He, not happy at all, flew over to Tower A where he saw Connor, who left.  A little while later, Connor brought food for Tailer, but dropped it down the side of the building.  About 20 or 30 feet from the ground, he caught it and brought it back up for his son.  Amazing feat!

Eventually Diana brought more food.  Tailer was still on the southwest corner of Tower B.  Suddenly both parents went into alarm mode, first over Tower A, and then Tower B.  Men were on the roof, apparently doing their annual roof check.  I went to see Security who said they would contact the men, not having realized a baby was up there.  Meanwhile, Connor accompanied Tailer over to the top of the Crowne.  Actually he went to the southwest corner of Tower C.  After a while things calmed down.

Tailer saw Diana on the other corner of the building and flew to her.  She left and he followed her, both flying over and around us and disappearing.  Soon he  was spied on the antenna on the Carlisle Building.

We watched Nihei as she practiced her wing-flapping at either end of her ledge, napping on the ledge at the north end, hoping for food, and disappearing out of sight at times.  One time she looked like a little striped Buddha.

This evening Tailer made an attempt at getting into the west ledge, missed, turned around in the air, trying it again, and making it!  We now know he can go anywhere.  Diana was seen on the ledge, gently putting tiny pieces of a pigeon in his beak, as if he were a little baby.

When we left, he was at the southwest end, Nihei was inside the southeast end, Diana was up above us somewhere, and Connor was on the northwest corner of Tower 1.

Tomorrow most of our concentrations will be on Nihei, who will likely try out her wings in the air…..

Eve Ticknor