July 10th Day 4 Scarborough Fledge Watch
July 10, 2022 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Marion Nash Reports:
Bruce and I arrived for the morning watch and saw Dad sitting on the light pole in front of the shipping dock across from the ledge we left Piper on last night. As soon as we stepped out of the car dad took off followed by Piper who was to our surprise on the ground at the base of the light.
Piper flew around the parking lot and back to the building and landed on the same level and ledge we had left him on last night. I was a good flight but he just could not get any altitude.
Bruce and I set ourselves up one of us sitting on the north east side and one on the south west so if he took another flight we could see where he landed. Later in the morning Bruce saw Lyn fly over the Mastermind store on Milner with food and land on the roof and could no longer see Piper. I was in a position to see the back side if that building and spotted Piper there being stooped bu little birds. He sat there for only a minute and flew farther into the centre of the roof out of my sight line but not far enough for Bruce to see hi, I moved to a better position so see as much of the west side of the Mastermind building as I could sitting under the open top door of the dumpster since that was the only place with some shade thank goodness the dumpster was empty.
After a few minutes Lyn flew back to the North side of the Nest building with the food. Bruce still had not seen Piper and decided to leave his spot go to the south end of the parking lot wher he could see the back side of Mastermind since I had the west end in sight so if he trys to fly back to Mom and the food we could see him coming and spot where he lands. About half way across the lot Bruce looked back at the Yellow Pages building and sent me a text “ come out from under your shade and look behind you on the lower ledge. Well there was Piper sitting exactly where he had been on the ledge above the dumpsters. He must have flown back when we were changing positions and missed the flight. The ledge is so deep that if a fledgling sits up close the the windows you cant see it from ground.
We spent the balance of the morning and the early afternoon watching him there until mark joined us for the afternoon and evening to close shift later joined by Sally and Cathy who stayed with us until close. Again Piper stayed on the ledge tucked up close the the windows on the ledge above the Dumpsters until dark and we packed up for the night.
I at least know he can get off the ground on his own however he is far from being a great flyer and needs to gain a lot more altitude, hopefully he will get it together in the next couple days.
I will post some of Cathy’s photos tomorrow.
