!!! An incredible finish to the day! All four fledglings safe and sound!
June 20, 2010 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Mark Nash Reports:
I can’t even begin to describe the entire days events, and will have to summerize, as it now after midnight and Marion and I have just arrived home after completing a very long 14 hours in the streets on the watch today and three downed fledglings being released back to the rooftops at two different locations. Still have to file my observations and do the postings. With many thanks to Kathy, Marion and Tracy who came to my rescue today at the MEC watch in an effort to help me locate all of the missing juveniles, and for Tracy for doing the rescue of Xuan - (pronounced Soon) late this evening, we finished off the watch with all FOUR juveniles and both resident adults accounted for!
After turning Mississauga upside down throughout most of the day looking for the four missing juveniles, they all suddenly just appeared at the same time on the nest ledge! One minute they were not, and the very next minute they were all there!!! Unbelievable!! All four juveniles were sleeping down in the nest ledge below the nest box and for the most part of the day remained hidden from all of our searching. Obviously both Joe and Craig has at some point before I arrived for the morning watch, been successful in leaving the upper roof area and getting back to the nest ledge.
Throughout the balance of the day, we watched all three of the juvenile males make many short flights back and forth from MEC 1 to MEC 3 rooftops while mon teased them with fly buys with food.
At approx. 8:35 pm, the young juvenile female (Xuan) finally couldn’t stand all of the teasing and the fact that her three brothers were getting all of the food and she took her first flight.
While not a bad short flight, she was unable to coordinate her landing and after a few brushes with the windows, she eventually ran out of steam, losing altitude and came to the ground. She was spotted by MEC security in a flower pot outside of the MEC 1 and Tracy was dispatched and completed the rescue. Xuan was placed in the rescue carrier and examined for any injuries and other trauma before being released back to the nest building rooftop just after dark.
Again, with thanks to the MEC security staff for all of their assistance and support in helping us locate the juvenile and for helping us get them back to the roof.
Stay tuned, the watch continues tomorrow………….