Ashley’s Watch Continues
June 23, 2013 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
With Bruce heading back to work and myself at the William Osler hospital fledge watch, the care of Ashley was handed over to the amazing watchers that have assisted us throughout the watch so far. Margaret, Katherine, Shannon and Winston now held the reins firmly in their hands and between the four of them were able to cover off and watch Ashley today. Catherine started the watch at 6:30 in the morning and found the adults on the Desjardins building and one on the nest building. Ashley was nowhere in sight. She stayed out of sight for the entire morning but Katherine suspected that she was down in the window well just beneath the Desjardins sign. She left Ashley napping underneath the Desjardins symbol as Margaret took over the watch.Margaret position yourself it’s rebuilding and watched the parents staying very close to their daughter Ashley. For the entire time that Margaret was there Ashley was quite inactive spending most of her time preening and napping in the window well underneath the Desjardin sign. This was interspersed with periods of flapping and stretching but still no flight from Miss Ashley. At 6:30 PM Katherine returned and Ashley was still in her same position under the Desjardins sign. It looks like she was going to spend the entire evening there sleeping and preening the evening away but she did finally emerge from the window well with a squawk. She screamed and how that her parents for food but it didn’t seem to bring them any closer and it didn’t get her any closer to her dinner. The winds were incredibly strong and were pushing her around as she stood on the edge of that windowsill. Believing caution to be the better choice to make today, Ashley stayed put on her ledge underneath the Desjardins sign and went to sleep for the night. Maybe tomorrow will be the first flight out but who knows with our little ledge potato. A huge thank you to Margaret, Katherine, Shannon and Winston for taking up this watch and making sure that Miss Ashley is safe and sound. This couldn’t be done without you and I can’t thank you enough.