No Egg at William Osler Yet but Very Close
April 07, 2014 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Today I stopped in at the William Osler nest site with Bryan, a student conducting his two week placement with us, to check in on Hurricane and Chessie. Both adults were in the tower and after a few minutes Hurricane took off and silently flew to the nest tray behind the eastern H sign. He disappeared into the tray and so Bryan and I met up with Ross for a quick look at the nest tray monitor. When we arrived upstairs Hurricane had already left and there was no eggs in the tray as of yet. Back outside we found both Chessie and Hurricane on the northern H roosting and so we sat down for a while to watch. Hurricane took off after about 10 minutes and put on quite a flight display in response to Chessie’s invitation to breed. They mated after which Hurricane went straight to the nest tray to rearrange things. Chessie flew off and attempted a flight up to the northwest corner of the building but needed a circle out to gain some elevation for the landing. No wonder given the big crop and puffed out abdomen that she is sporting!! We will hopefully have news of the first egg any day now as she looks like she is more than ready!
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