Our First Fledge at MEC.
June 02, 2016 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Bruce Massey attended the MEC site today to drop off the rescue carrier and to do some more work on assessing the young boys. When he arrived he could only see Olimar up on the nest ledge flashing his red tape. He was looking good with little down left to go and quite active on the ledge. For a while the only bird in view was Olimar and Josally was no where to be seen. Now we know at MEC that one of the favorite games the little ones love to play is in and out of the window well where the nest box sits. Often when we can’t see a young one that’s exactly where it is. Not this time!
Bruce followed the actions of the adults as he did a walkabout of the four MEC towers. He was getting a response from Midnight around the base of MEC 1 so he set up across the street to watch. He brought out his scope and as he was panning around he got lucky and found Josally in the top of a tree out front MEC 1. He was settled in there for a while but was getting anxious to go home. Given the amount of down on this little man it was clear that his “fledge” was most likely an accident. Josally tried to get a little higher in the tree and decided that this wasn’t fun anymore, it was time to go home. He took a flight out over Robert Speck Parkway and maintained his height for a bit but was way too low for the nest ledge. He flumped into the south side of MEC 1 and fluttered down to the ground. Bruce was over in a shot and Josally gave him a good chase before surrendering to his rescuers towel.
Thank you to Bruce for the great rescue today, the first of the 2016 fledge watch season. Mark will be releasing Josally tonight to the roof of the nest building where he can continue to gain strength and confidence for the days to come.
Thanks again to Bruce and Mark for the great team effort.