!!! Magarita Released yet again for the second time back to the roof top and to her family.
June 29, 2009 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Mark Nash Reports:
I attended the William Osler Health Care Centre again today after Magarita was rescued yet again from the ground - (her second time) by the hospital security, to take a final look at her one last time before releasing her back to the roof and to her family. While we are unsure how she was able to damage the leading edge primary feathers on her left wing, it appears that that this injury is very minor, and that she can be released back to her family.
After spending a quiet stress free dry evening, Magarita was released back to her family today without innocent. She was full of energy and has quite an attitude indeed!! Ready to take my head off, she was clearly unimpressed with the overall experience and did not hesitate to let me know that she was not amused with short stay in captivity.
She was released back to the roof top of the Hospital and quickly took up a position atop of the upper retaining wall on the north west corner of the Hospital. Sadly, the heavy rain today really didn’t offered any decent flying opportunities and most of her family spent much of their afternoon roosting on their favorite spots. Magarita stayed on the north west upper corner of the roof top while her other two siblings, “Katarina” and “Apollo” stayed perched together on the top of the east side hospital sign.
We are a little concerned as to why Magarita was retrieved from the ground for a second time and not able to get any altitude as she was doing so well in short flights back and forth from the hydro towers and the roof top. She will be monitored a little more closely over the next few days to see if she keeps her altitude now that she has been put up to the roof top yet again. This is the second time that she has come to the ground.
Photos were taken of her just prior to and just after her release back to the roof area. I finally departed just after 4pm this afternoon as the three young juveniles held firm in their roosting spots with no activity having been observed.
Both adults were also accounted for at this time, on the south and north upper building ledges while trying to avoid the driving rains.
