!!! Second fledged from the Yellow Pages nest site - successfully rescued from the ground and returned to its parents! Yet another new nest confirmed in Bowmanville Ontario and another grounded and trapped young fledgling rescued!
June 22, 2012 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:
June 22nd - 2012
The morning stated early again as usual and with the CPF fledge watch team in place as they settled in with far more seasonal temperatures and actually much cooler in comparison to the last three days when it was almost impossible to breath with high humidity and blistering hot sun. One of benefits of this location and fledge watch is all of the unobstructed open air around Yellow Pages building, where there are no other hi-rises to obstruct your view when a fledgling takes flight. On the down side, there is absolutely no where to escape the sun anywhere!
A recap of the days events had the second hatchling take its first flight. Little Albus - banded R over 43 struggled to hold his altitude as he flew around the north side of the building trying to grab onto parts of the wall after colliding with the window. Eventually he ended up doing what we call the “bat manouevre”, clinging on to the vertical portion of the wall approx. ten storeys up. Albus hung on as long as he could and finally let go falling another six floors down the wall until he finally gain some composure and fluttered to the ground around the east side of the building where he was scooped up by Kathy from the CPF fledge watch team.
Later on in the morning, I received a call from a representative of St. Mary’s Cement in Bowmanville where I was told the a peregrine had become trapped in the lower basement section of one of the buildings on the property and asked if we could help. So leaving the fledge watch in Kathy’s hands, I proceeded to Bowmanville Ontario.
I called Mark Heaton at the OMNR to advice him of him of the situation and it was decided that if it was in fact a peregrine, (and only if I was able to confirm that it was a fledgling produced at this site), I would return to Toronto with the bird if it was uninjured and safe to do so, so it could be either treated and/or banded and returned to it parents. Upon arrival in St. Mary’s cement in Bowmanville, I met with company representatives and then taken out to where the bird was located.
A very young female peregrine falcon still with some white down was in fact identified, rescued / retrieved, examined for injuries and was then placed in the rescue carrier without incident.
With no apparent injuries, the feisty young fledgling was safely taken back to my vehicle for transport. The staff at St. Mary’s were able to spend some time with me doing walk around in an effort find a possible nest site.
Moments into my search, I was able to locate and identify the resident adult female peregrine falcon and an active nest with at least one other hatchling in the eyrie on one of the buildings on the property. Very satisfied with the find, I returned to Toronto with the fledgling so it could be banded by MNR and returned to its nest.
Mean while, back to the Scarborough Yellow Pages nest site, I was able to release the young fledgling Albus back to the nest building rooftop and his parents without incident.
Stay tuned…….
