June 02, 2020 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Marion Nash Reports:
Toronto Sheraton Hotel fledge watch update day two. Bruce has been watching Vimy all day. He has been fairly low for the most part but has flown rather well when he did fly. He flew over to old City Hall and spent some time there and made several other very decent flights with good control. His last flight ended up right back where he started at Bay and Richmond about 30 feet off of the ground. In scanning the ledges in between watching his low bird Bruce confirmed that two others have fledged. We are only guessing that the other two fledged birds are the other boys. Currently we can only guess at their whereabouts. Bruce has walked through all of the usual areas and I did the same. While I was on the north side of the EY building I could clearly hear a juvenile sounding off but I couldn’t locate it. At the same time I could also hear the young one on the ledge as well as the other fledgling somewhere in the vicinity of the Hilton. Tomorrow Bruce will connect with security to check the pool area of the Sheraton. He will also continue to check the areas in which we have heard the juveniles responding to seeing the adults flyover. With a little work and some luck we will hopefully have all three fliers in view tomorrow. I especially want to thank the staff at the Toronto Sheraton hotel for allowing Bruce a space to park while he comes down and watches over their young ones. The staff at the Sheraton have been exceptionally supportive and we could not do this without you. Thank you so much! As I was walking to my car where I am currently sitting writing this post, the Hilton and the Sheraton have together done something rather special with their hotels. A picture says 1000 words.
Posted on June 3, 2020 9:22 am
June 01, 2020 - Toronto - Don Mills
Cathy Kerr Reports:
Quick update for Don Mills/Old Harlequin: Quest & Mystery’s trio are growing fast! I checked in on them last night-all look great-the boy, Canuck is on track to go first- least amount of down on him(tho Seven of Nine stayed pretty hidden except for her head lol). Fledge watch starts Friday-unless we have a slip and fall!! Or hopefully, a slip and flight!
Posted on June 2, 2020 10:48 am
June 02, 2020 - Toronto - Don Mills
Marion Nash Reports:
The chicks still have quite a bit of fluff on them so we think the fledge watch should begin on June 5th. Anyone wishing to help out please contact us at 416-481-1233.
Posted on June 2, 2020 10:04 am
June 01, 2020 - Toronto - Sheraton Centre
Marion Nash Reports:
Our first fledge is out the gate at the Toronto Sheraton Hotel for 2020! Little Vimy has taken flight and is now sitting about 30 feet above Richmond Street on a window ledge. He’s got himself on a pretty decent ledge but his next flight will take him…? Bruce has been down this afternoon watching him and will be back tomorrow for the day to keep eyes on this family. The chicks here are all between 37 and 39 days of age today and so this fledge watch is on!. If anybody would like to join in the fun and join us in downtown Toronto to help with the watch any time you can give would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to come out please contact us at 416-481-1233
Posted on June 2, 2020 10:01 am
June 02, 2020 - Port Colborne - ADM Mill
Marion Nash Reports:
A few after banding shots of the chicks and Mom.
Good Morning,
I have been checking on birds since banding and they all seem to be doing fine. At first I was concerned because everytime I checked mom was no where to be seen which for this mom was odd. This morning I came into work to find Mom feeding
Thank you,
Posted on June 2, 2020 9:55 am
