Toronto - Don Mills and Eglinton - Amexon

I arrived to see a parent fly up above the next ledge  to join other parent, and heard one of the kids…seems ok.  But after an hour, I started to worry–I should have seen Flynn by now.  She was up yesterday and looking good…please tell me she did not fledge without me lol.  Both parents had mostly stayed put above the nest ledge-even when a heron flew through!  Very unusual for Dad. But I was glad he let it go through.  By now Dad had done a couple of unusual flights just part way round to the north end of the building and back.  Hmmm.  Two and a half hours and Logan finally showed his cute little head.  But that was it.  Now I was fairly certain Flynn was no longer on the nest ledge.  Dad did another flight part way round and then back over to the Intel sign.  Ok.  Now I’m worried. I did a walk about, no Flynn on the ground or any ledges or roof tops.  But I knew Milli  & Chester knew where she was.  Only I figured if she was high, one of them would be with her.  I kinda figured she was in trouble…  Thankfully Sally joined me to help look for her.  I’ll let her tell the rest of the rainy, damp day…

Sally reports:

I joined Cathy this afternoon, for the rainy portion lol. We watched from our usual spot and eventually saw Logan pop his fluffy head up, seeming to enjoy the rain. Still quite a lot of fluff!
Cathy was concerned she hadn’t seen Flynn pop up all morning, and still no sign of her as we watched from the car while the rain continued. The parents were up high, and earlier Chester had flown out and round part of the nest building and back again, a few times. Cathy thought this probably indicated that the parents knew where Flynn was.  We took a slow drive around the immediate area to check rooftops and back yard fences and gates, and all sides of the office towers beside the nest building. Nothing to see, so then we parked, grabbed the umbrellas and went to check the scrub and treeline that separates the houses, condos and office buildings from Eglinton Avenue and the DVP access ramp (near where Chester had flown over). The songbirds were quite restless in a couple of spots , including the hilarious WAAAAAHS of the cat birds! Cathy’s hunches are usually correct. She was positive Flynn was somewhere nearby. So we walked around, observing the agitated birds, and as we rounded the nest building below the cluster of pine trees yep, Cathy found Flynn. Yay! and Uh Oh! She was on a fairly low tree branch next to her nest building. Not far from the lowest ledge, but it was raining and she’d be wet and no doubt lacking in confidence to make any move. Hmmm did she accidentally slip or get blown off early this morning? Thankfully she seemed OK, just wet and not able to maintain a comfortable footing on the slippery narrow branch, causing her to turn around and do a side shuffle from time to time lol. We brought our chairs and umbrellas over and sat out the rain with her until dark. When the rain eased up for a bit, she fluffed and stretched out her wings, turned around, and around…checking out the views. Don joined us briefly and brought us some food. No food for Flynn alas, but we could hear the parents calling above, and saw them bring food in for Logan, almost right above her. We closed the watch, disappointed that Flynn didn’t come to ground so we could safely contain her until a roof release. Hopefully we will find her tomorrow safe and sound. Current weather report for that area is a brief dry spell in the morning.