Aphrodite Fledged and Rescued; Still No Visual on Tristen
June 09, 2012 - Toronto - King Street
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Today I was treated to a shift at the 18 King St. nest site with Erin and Windwhistler and their 4 little monkeys. I first had to drop Frank off at the Etobicoke Sun Life watch where little Euro had just fledged and was around the back of the nest building. As I was getting ready to head downtown, I received a call from Bruce that Aphrodite had taken her first flight and was now scooped up and in a rescue carrier!! She was unamused at this first flight business and took it out on Bruce!! When I arrived, Grayor was on the nest ledge flapping up a storm and little Dundee was staying out of the heat of the day behind the pillar. Bruce and I made our way up to check on Aphrodite and she was doing just fine. To remind me, this newest person in her life, that goddesses are a force to be reckoned with she gave me a little tag on the finger during her exam. I can tell you that she is in grand shape indeed!! We left her to rest and relax in preparation for her rooftop release and headed back down into the street. Bruce then took off over to the Toronto Sheraton site while I remained at King with Zoey and Ann.
Grayor was flapping like mad throughout most of the day. We certainly anticipated a fledge but it would seem that the little burst of energy was spent by about 1pm and a nap was in order. Before settling down in the shade, Grayor spent a few minutes amused at his own reflection in the dome cover of the camera. It was hilarious. Both adults flew in with a tidbit for lunch at around 2pm but nothing really significant.
Now that the two ledge potatoes were all settled, we set out on a search of the area for Tristen. His first flight took him down onto the rooftop of 20 Toronto St. where he remained and we were hoping for a looksee at him today. The heat was sooooo oppressive down in the core of the city that he must of found a cool, shady place to hang out. We walked for several hours with no look whatsoever. Both Erin and Windwhistler seem to know where he is and we believe he is still on a higher elevation in the Toronto St corridor. The parents didn’t help a great deal as they were not readily supplying food on such a hot day. Finally we decided that our perch on Court St was the best option for a view and so there we remained for the rest of the afternoon. At around 3pm, Grayor woke up and began another flap-fest-o-rama that tuckered us out just watching. He certainly will fledge very soon if not tomorrow. Windwhistler at this point made a visit to the highest level of 20 Toronto St and Erin flew over to land on 1 Toronto. Both were giving us indications that they had Tristen in their sights. By 6pm, Bruce had returned after completing his second rescue of the day at Toronto Sheraton and “sent me packing” back to Etobicoke Sun Life. Bruce and Marion stayed on to close the watch and release miss Aphrodite to the roof of the nest building where she gave Marion the goddess glare before taking up position in the southeast corner of the rooftop. Come dawn she will be looking for ( and screaming for ) some attention from mom and dad and feeling rather triumphant with her return. We are all truly grateful we could help.
More pictures to come once I have a chance to go through them all!!!
