Thursday at William Osler
June 26, 2015 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Thursday, oh Thursday. Benny kicks off the morning by kicking tail?? Wow! After I watched this crazy stunt I checked the location of our other young ones. I have Sven sitting nicely in the tower having stuck the landing perfectly. Winston was on the roof line singing and young Peggy, youngest of the four, still in her spot on the nest ledge. The boys that at one time used to run around like busy little ants on the ledge were now jack rabbiting all around the Osler property. The focus of the day for the boys was the tower. All day long. In and out of the gridwork and always landing smartly on target. At one point Winston made his first tower landing and Benny went over to congratulate him… …by biting him. Don’t know that this should be adopted as a formal greeting but Winston did return the gesture. Not to be left out, when Sven had his tower time Benny bit him too. All is fair I guess. Of the three boys Benny the jet was the boldest taking all opportunities to chase adults and harass all moving objects including a poor butterfly just minding its own business. Remember Benny, butterflies are friends not food and besides that, they taste terrible. Peggy spent most of the day off and on sleeping and preening. She is very close to first flights and when she gets airborne these bratty brothers better just look out. Bruce arrived around 2pm and took over the watch from there. Things were quite quiet and there was some weather moving in. Just before the rain Mom brought some food into the south sign. Two of the the boys went over and got food. Winston however tried to do what his brother did, float up to the rooftop by just using the wind. It wasn’t quite as smooth but he still got the same result. When the rain hit, the female was the only one that stayed dry. She did however have a shower as she was flapping her wings and running up and down the ledge.
After the rains, at first heavy and then the later showers, there was some rest followed by some flights by the boys. Peggy spent her time exercising and sleeping.
The boys made the tower numerous times. There was only one bobble, but the bird recovered and landed at the southwest corner of the nest ledge. With the parents on the tower and on the South H sign, the juveniles tucked themselves in at the east end of the building and I left for the night.
This wonderful Friday morning started with the three boys getting into everything; the tower, antennas, tag games, H signs and Hurricanes personal space. Peggy is now sitting on the southeast corner with her back out ready to go. I expect that a first flight for her will happen today. Check back later for an update on her progress.
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