June 22nd Day 3 Petra/Yellow Pages Fledge Watch
June 22, 2023 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Marion Nash Reports:
When Bruce and I arrived we found Yorgos back on the 2nd floor level of the nest building above the shipping doors and Dad sitting on the glass pyramid above keeping watch . We had just got our chairs set up at the far east end of the parking lot to watch him and he flew off heading back towards the Kitchen building again. Bruce walked over to the west side of the parking lot and spotted him on the Kitchen building this time only 2 floors down from the roof so he had gained quite a bit of altitude. We the car over to the other end of the parking lot and set up our chairs on the grass boulevard to watch. He was content to sit on the window ledge for a while and Bruce said ok looks like he is going to stay put for a while so he headed in to the bathroom a few minutes later I got a text and was just typing my second word when Bruce came up from behind me and said where is he? I looked up and the little bugger was gone I only looked away for a few seconds. The search was on again it took about 2 hours but I finally saw mom flying over the top of the Nest building and I heard Yorgos yelling back at her. I called Bruce and told him he is up on the nest building somewhere but I can see him I can hear him clearly though. Bruce came back to join me and we searched the ledges with our binoculars but could not see him. Bruce went across the street to watch the west side and I stayed put to watch the south. About a half hour later dad stooped and grabbed a small bird right above me and flew off th the kitchen. Bruce said lets see where he takes the food. There was a in air transfer to Linn and she took it to the top peak of Yellow Pages made a couple of false landings and finally flew off without the food. Bruce looked up and said he thought he saw him up there so I used my Camera to zoom in and yes he was there. Linn came in and landed and watched him eat then flew down to the lower corner to the triangle peak to watch for a while. I don’t know because I did not see him fly there but I think the wind helped him get altitude because it was so windy today. He has learned to fly some distance to gain altitude and then use the other buildings as a step ladder to get higher and has gained the highest point in the area so we are now going to spot checks and Bruce will be out to check on him tomorrow.
