!!! Courtney flying around like a pro - (well, sort of). The best is yet to come!!!
July 26, 2011 - Brampton - Courthouse
CPF Postmaster Reports:
Tuesday July 26th - 2011 - AM watch report:
Toivo reports this morning’s that Courtney is doing allot of short flights this morning while pursuing mom in the air around the courthouse building.
Courtney is no longer stuck on the ledges, and has both the confidence and basic flight skills to fly around and chase her parents at will. (Now the parents have got their hands full)!! Very few places to hide where the kid(s) can’t find you. 
:-)
It is at this point that there is going to be some incredible aerial flight displays, as the parents should be starting to coax Courtney into the air with food in the many games of - “if your want food, come and get it”,, and come and “catch it”.
Over the next few weeks, the parents will have to train Courtney how to chase and catch things in addition to the many other flight skills before she will be taught “how and what to actually hunt”.
There will be many lessons of tag, touch and go, catch the food in mid air before it hits the ground that I drop for you, aerial food transfers and many other important lessons. The best is yet to come!
Remember, even after Courtney is fully flighted, she will still be solely dependant on her parents for food and protection for the next 30 to 60 days before she will ever be able to actually catch anything on her own.
At this point, Courtney still has no idea yet that the other birds that surround her are even food!!
She still has a long way to go and allot to learn, but its now time to bring out your cameras, as you are going to see some incredible training seasons over the next two months!!
Now that Courtney can sustain flight and able to hold her altitude, are fledge watch in the streets is almost completed, as she is not likely to find herself on the ground in need of rescue. While we will be monitoring and spot checking her progress over the next few weeks, it’s now up to the parents to do their part of the job as our job is almost done.
We would encourage any and all to continue to come out when you can, as we’re not kidding with regards to the “best is yet to come”! Don’t forget to bring your camera’s, binoculars and spotting scopes!
Photos from Winston.
Stay tuned…….
