June 29th - Day 18 of MEC Watch
June 29, 2013 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Bruce Massey Reports:
Wait what? Day 18 of the MEC watch? I must be dreaming! I pinch myself but still it is a reality. After Ashley extricated herself from the low tree at MEC 1 and crossed Hurontario St., we decided that the watch needed to be opened again until she was home and high up. I took the watch for Tracy as she was now at William Osler with three inexperienced kids in the air and one working on it. I checked the Accenture building which was her last known location and was unable to find her. Katherine arrived at 8am to help locate Ashley and after searching the buildings on the west side of Hurontario, we found her on the low overhang of the CIBC building. There she stayed for quite some time and I was joined by Margaret at my watch point shortly after 9am and Ashley was quite happy to stay where she was. Cass brought in a pigeon that she tried to tease her daughter off with but it was not working. She wanted her to fly for it and Ashley felt that her current location was the best eating ledge around. Cass finally gave in and delivered the pigeon to Ashley who chowed down quite happily. I received a call from Tracy that one of her juveniles was missing and that she had his location pegged but needed a hand (and a working set of eyes) to find him. At this, Margaret took over watching Ashley while I headed out to Osler to assist.
Ashley filled herself to satisfaction with lunch and reluctantly left her pigeon for some shade on the ledge. She flumped down for a nap and spent much of the afternoon there. As Margaret was packing up to go at 4pm, Ashley’s snoring could still be loudly heard and she texted the last known location to us all. Katherine arrived at around 6:30pm and checked the overhang where Ashley was last seen. She could not see her, only a large dark bird on its back whose wing was flapping up with the winds. Not having a good angle to see it was confusing as to what bird this was. As Tracy and I had located her missing young one, she headed down to give Katherine a hand at locating Ashley. Was this dark bird on its back her? Tracy arrived and having the benefit of a spotting scope, took a really good look at the bird on the CIBC ledge. It was the remains of Ashley’s pigeon that she had left behind. Phew! Now to find Ash. They searched everywhere. They looked on every roof and ledge, under every rock and bush and found nothing. Consequently, they also couldn’t find Cass either. Tracy was joined by Shannon and Adam and after an extensive search until dusk they convened at the back of MEC 3 to formulate a plan for the following day. Ashley was not on the ground. Ashley was not in our view. Cass was most likely either with her or near to her. It was decided that by morning she would either become visible to our watchful eyes or the parents would reveal her location. And so we wait.
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