FINALLY!! A Fledge at William Osler!!
June 17, 2011 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I dropped Frank off at William Osler today to man the watch while I travelled downtown. For the better part of the morning, all was quiet and the three juveniles opted to stay out of the sun by hiding behind the eastern “H”. At 12:30pm, I returned to retrieve Frank and take him down to Etobicoke Sun Life to relieve Kathy and Baylie, two incredible ladies that have been instrumental in making the Sun Life fledge watch such a success, and promptly turned around to get back here. As I was turning onto the road leading to the Health Centre, I received a call from Bruce Massey who had just arrived to find the male chick, Storm, running around on the rooftop ledge!! He had obviously made it out of the nest and back to the rooftop in the 45 minutes I was gone!! ( I swear he waited for just that moment! ) The two female young, Rain and Wind, remained on the ledge and looked very disinterested in the whole flight thing. Moments later things got busy.
Storm left the rooftop and attempted to land on the south side of the building on the ledge. He aborted his landing and instead went for the roof. After falling short of the top by a few feet, he hung on and did his best bat impression on the wall for a minute, then let go and tried for the nest ledge again. Another abort, this time taking him around to the east side where O’Connor, the resident female, joined him and guided him over towards the hydro tower. He flew through the first section of gridwork to the second leg of the tower where he attempted a landing and failed. He slipped off of the girder and dropped a foot or two to the next rung below. The slip and fall continued all the way down to the grass berm where he ended up a confused and defeated looking little boy. We rush over to rescue him and all the while O’Connor is above me alarm calling. I looked up to see her making her way down through the girders, rung by rung, on her way to deal with the person that just rescued her chick, me!! I can’t remember ever moving so fast towards Bruce and the rescue carrier and I never looked back! With Storm now in the carrier and in the security office of the hospital, I ventured outside to check on the other chicks and the adults. It would appear that O’Connor, the resident female, now knows the make, model and licence plate of the vehicle I drive, my home address and social insurance number and she plans to look me up!! She patrolled the air space around the hospital and when she found me, came down low to let me know that she wants her baby back!! She will be pleased to know that when darkness falls, after a quick health check, he will be released to the rooftop to give it another try. A big thank you to security and hospital staff for helping us to make a successful rescue today!
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