!!! The girls have flown but one rescued
June 30, 2016 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Marion Nash Reports:
June 30th 2016
Got a call early this morning from Paul at security sone of the chicks was down on the ground on the Progress side so before the morning coffee we were off to the rescue.
We arrived to find Paul standing guard over Lorraine who was tucked face first in the corner between the glass window and the pillar she looked like a child who was sent to the corner by Paul for miss behaving. I scooped her up and in the carrier she went for later release to the roof. Good job Paul!
Mark and I set up to watch the other chicks and get a head count but could find noone at all no chicks or adults were in view so mark did a perimeter search to make sure Velcro and Kojis were not grounded and found noone. I know from past watches that the adults and chicks tuck down into the ledges when the sun is hot and high so I was not too worried just have to sit and listen for the chicks to scream when the adults get up and come into view. I eventually heard screaming of the chicks on 2 sides of the building but not on the nest so I felt sure Velcro hand also left the nest ledge and had taken her first flight but where no chick in view and any side if the building.
Shortly after I heard another chick yelling on the south side of the building and no adult was in site on that side so AH-HA I’ll bet that’s Velcro she has been the one that screams at nothing or when no adult is in site. Off I go to scope the south side I can hear her so I just waited and finally she popped up into view and took a nice flight to the glass column on the south east side gaining altitude and another to the north out of view. I went around that side to see where she went and again could not find her, but I was not worried she had lots of height so again I sit and wait.
I eventually found Mom in the nest ledge when she poked her head up to have a look around so I watched her hopping she would get up and fly setting the kids off screaming again so I could find them. I saw feathers floating above her on the wind and could see she had food and was likely eating. Bruce came for his shift and we both watched her for a few more minutes and she jumped up on the top of the wall and flew off and then up came Velcro from the nest on the top of the wall too. Ok got her now where is Kojis.
With mom up flying Kojis will be easier to find so Bruce went around to the north side to have a look and found him there lying down tail out in the corner against the windows as is his favourite place to nap.
The rest of the afternoon was pretty uneventful up until about 4:00. Dave came to join us late afternoon and we all like the peregrines sat tucked under out tent in the shade out of the sun and relaxed watching and late in the after Mom/Lyn took flight off the top of the building, wings folded into a dive landing on the industrial building directly east next-door was she hunting or protecting? We all watched her send the pigeons and a killdeer into a panic flight as she landed somewhere on the roof. The building in only one floor so shy land there what is she up to?
About 5 minutes later we saw 3 Peregrines come flying low from the eats up to the nest who was the third has to have been Kojis after all we have Lorraine in the carrier and Velcro in the nest. Bruce walked around to the north side to see if he was there but no not there. Mark came back from another rescue at another site and sat down with us to do the evening shift and minutes later said hay there are 2 juveniles in the nest, whack a mole again Kojis must have landed there and Velcro must have been down in so we have them all again. We sat and waited for another hour to make sure this 2 fledglings were settled down and there were not going to be anymore epic flights before we went up to the roof to put Lorraine back up to her parents care. All was quite and we watched the 2 siblings in the nest getting reacquainted and playing together for another half hour until the adults flew off on a hunt. Ok Mark good time to go put Lorraine back before mom and dad get back don’t want them to catch you up on the roof especially Lyn.
The release went very well and shortly after Mark got back to the ground Lorraine had made her way up out of the walkway floor on the roof to the top of the 6 foot retaining wall and into our view. Mom flew in and landed just above her and she screamed at her for a few minutes until she figured no food was forthcoming and started walking the wall. She walked the wall around to just above the nest and eventually hoped down into the nest to join her two siblings. What a great way to end the day all fledglings together and all safe.
Got a pic from one of the tenants who snapped a shot with his phone out the window of one of the chicks getting fed.
