Beachville news-both juvies have fledged!
July 27, 2016 - International, National and Local News
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Lucie reports:
I was thrilled that Cathy Kerr wanted to accompany me to Beachville so we did a road trip on Saturday, July 2!
My contact from Woodstock had informed me that the juveniles took their first flight just a couple of days earlier!
The weather was super, just the right mix of sun and cloud. It can get hot sitting in the parking lot, so some cloud cover is refreshing. Being a long weekend, it was also pretty quiet. You could hear the humming coming from the hydrator, a sound I’ve come to consider as quite soothing.
When we arrived around 1:30 we found both juveniles chilling out on the hydrator tower where they stayed ALL afternoon.
Just the occasional wing flapping and some vocal activity.
Joe and Virginia were always close by and provided us with some entertainment as they chased after a bald eagle that was passing overhead. A bald eagle .. awesome!! The fact that it was pretty high up didn’t matter and still warranted those warning calls from the parents.
We left around 5:00 to grab some dinner and when we returned about an hour later, the kids were scampering around on the low-rise maintenance building. They stayed on the roof for pretty much the rest of the evening. More wing flapping, dinner served, a little exploring and and then a stroll along the top of the long building.
Finally! We were able to witness a take off and flight! How wonderful! And then they disappeared, landing somewhere out of our sight. We we called it a night around 7:30.
We look forward to going back soon and hopefully witnessing some hunting lessons.
