!!! All three hatchlings have now fledged, so far, so good! The boys are doing great but the young female is very low just feet above the ground!
June 16, 2014 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
CPF Postmaster Reports:
June 16th - 2014
Just a very quickly update until we can get the detailed reports filed and posted of the previous days on the watch. Very sorry for not being able to get any of the postings up sooner, but it has been a very busy time for all of us while still doing bandings and now with overlapping fledge watches, it has us all out in the field and not able to get any computer time.
Over the past three days at Amexon Don Mills nest site it has been a very busy time indeed with the three young hatchlings having all taken their first flights - (as of this evening). With the two young males going first as expected, the boys have both managed to stay off the ground and out of trouble!!
Please stay tuned for the detailed reports and photos from Luci, Cathy and Irma….
With McKinney having fledged first, followed by Cooper a day later, both boys are actually doing very well indeed! Oh my goodness, they are now flying like pro’s,, - (well at least McKinney is),, with Cooper now getting stronger and more confident with every flight. Both are now staying high and flying between the 150 Ferrand Drive and the 250 Ferrand Drive roof tops and back again.
As of this evening, both young male fledglings had successfully managed to actually return back to the nest ledge itself!!! Quite a feat given the high elevation of the nest ledge and difficult approach needed to actually get back into the nest ledge itself!! Well, OK, I can’t lie, they both cheated,, but they did manage to get back to the nest ledge safely! When I say that they both cheated, they actually dropped down from the upper roof retaining wall, directly above the nest ledge and kinda fluttered down back down into the nest ledge. Hey, what ever works 
Ok, they did spend some time on the lower window ledges, had some very minor bumps and grinds but neither of them came to ground and needed to be rescued! So all in all, they are doing fantastic!!
Finally little Zeballos, (the young female hatchling) took her first flight ,, and as expected given her heavier weight, she didn’t do so well. After several short flights, and in an effort to get back to the nest building, she lost much of her altitude and ended up on several occasions clinging to sides the nest building walls (in what we have fondly named over the years as “the bat maneuver”),, clinging to the vertical wall of the two buildings like a bat.
Please stay tuned for a more detailed report from Kathy, Irma and Lucie, Richard, Bonny and Ann. They have some great photos!!!!
As of darkness this evening, she was safely roosting on a second story window ledge on the south east side of 150 Ferrand Drive overlooking the day care area and the parking lot.
Cathy will be back at 5am in the morning to deal with her at first light.
Stay tuned for updates and her report…………..
