Three in the Air; Tristen Found
June 11, 2012 - Toronto - King Street
Tracy Simpson Reports:
After finishing a Project School Visit presentation in Toronto, I had some time until my next appointment and so headed down to 18 King St East to help out Marion and Zoe with the watch. When I arrived, I first spotted to juveniles and Zoe so I quickly parked and made my way over for an update. She had three juveniles this morning clearly indicating that Tristen was back!! One young one was on the nest building roof, another on the King Edward Hotel and a third on 1 Toronto St. I set to wandering to try and help with the who, what and where of it all. The chick on the nest building roof that Zoe was watching was Aphrodite, her red tape clearly visible, who was still on the elevation where she was released the night before after her rescue. The second juvenile was on the roof of the King Edward Hotel sitting right next to the chimney. He preened, stretched and flapped but was not willing to give up his identity by showing off his tape colour. So I decided to make my way south for a better view of our 1 Toronto St. bird. Marion and Zoe had eyes on everyone just in case a nect flight was coming and they were joined by the vigilant parents both perched on the condo across from the nest building. When I got into position, I was able to identify the sleeping juvie on 1 Toronto St. as Grayor! His first flight was early this morning and he’s done a great job maintaining his elevation and making it to the rooftop. That meant that the little one on the King Edward was Tristen!! For the past couple of days, the parents have been trying to incite another flight from this little one but he remained hidden from all of us somewhere in the shade as the heat was really too much for man and beastie!! Erin delivered a small food package to him on the hotel which rousted the other two who were looking to join him. It was really cute to watch as the juveniles could all see one another and were flipping their heads at each others antics. I left the watch at around 2pm and Marion continued the vigil with Zoe and later on, Bruce. Tristen took his next flight over to 1 Toronto St to hang out with Grayor and the two boys both took another good flight over to the roof of the nest building. Wanting to join the party, Aphrodite took a really good flight over to 1 Toronto St only to find that the boys had left and gone over to where she just left from!! Let the game of tag begin!! All the while, the little wee one, Dundee, remained on the nest ledge behind the pillar opting to stay in the shade today and rest up seeing as he had the whole place to himself.
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