One never knows is right!! And boy was it a fledge!!
July 26, 2016 - Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon
Cathy Kerr Reports:
What a day! I arrived to find Mom, Dad but saw no baby on the ledge. Hmm, sleeping like last night? I sat to observe. Mom & Dad weren’t worried- Dad even flew to nest ledge, looked down and popped down even-and out! I sat below Mom-I put my bins on her and she was looking down at me lol. So I waited..but it didn’t feel right so I started making the rounds, checking the ledges, the grounds, shrubs , you name it. And it was hot lol. No sign. I did that 3 or 4 times. Ugh. It was almost noon now,I called Irma, she said she would be there in a flash. I headed out again, bins on ICICI west side, turned and there he was! On a rooftop of a house across the street! Called Irma back-found him! Called Bruce, who was on his way. Thank goodness, as he started to fly from rooftop to rooftop to rooftop. He finally flew back over to north side of the ICICI bldg-only 2 floors up. Whew. I was joined by Bruce & Irma and we were talking about old TV shows and we decided to call our little boy MacGyver! And his adventure wasn’t over! Irma had just left, when people started pouring out of the building-fire alarm!! Poor MacGyver-all those “aliens” and fire trucks and firemen!! He was a little startled at first but then just stretched and lay down lol! He was a star! Everyone was taking pictures and talking about him lol. So, false alarm over, the “aliens” gone, he decided to fly back over to the roof tops! But he didn’t stay long and headed back to ICICI, round the back and ended up on the top of an evergreen tree!! There he wobbled back and forth for abit before heading over to the top of the parking garage! And there he started to whine. After a short bit, Mom came in with a bite to eat-I for one was surprised she fed him there but he was sure happy! Mom and son had a lovely chat first before eating-so cute. Mom sat on a light fixture in the middle of the parking garage rooftop while he ate. She then flew over and sat near him, trying to convince him to fly. No go. Poor Mom & Dad, something alarmed them on the rooftop garage and they were screaming and diving at something! It went on for quite some time and they were really rattled after that. He stayed there for almost 4 hours and they were not happy about it. Finally, at 8:20 he mustered up the courage to fly and he went over to ICICI, batted and slid down onto the 10th floor ledge, not a pretty landing but he made hight and did well. Happy parents, happy fledge watchers-Irma & I were cheering-we even had a few people in the parking lot clapping!!! All in all, a good day!!
Its really late, I have a ton of pics from today..I have singled a bunch out-I usually pair them down but, well, I am too tired lol. So here’s a bunch. The adult in the pics is Mom Jenna!
