Ruby’s Second Rescue
July 02, 2023 - Toronto - Rogers Centre
Marion Nash Reports:
We received a message on Facebook from Ray that he had a falcon on his balcony with bands on number 31 over AB for 4 days and that it may be injured. It was Ruby from the Rogers Centre who we just banded and released a few days ago.
Mark called and spoke to Ray and he got the full story. She was not injured she like many other fledglings was confused by the glass balcony fronts and was stuck. Apparently one of her parents was feeding her there because he could see the leftovers and many poops. There was also one a parent above her on the roof.
Mark was confident this was someone he could teach how to do a balcony rescue so he went through the procedure with Ray who was keen to help. Because the balcony has a passthrough to his neighbours balcony it took another day for her to come back to his aside so he could rescue her and today was the day.
Here is his message back to us and photos of Ruby on his balcony. There is another photo of her on another building with one of her parents after the release see round photo.
Great Job Ray and Thanks So Much!
Ray’s report
Hi Mark, so I have some good news. Good news is that I did the towel maneuver and got 31AB to a platform I made on the railing. She was pretty scared and shaking but she eventually took flight and had no problems flying. She went straight to the rooftop of another building nearby. She is screaming out for her parents who are circling and have landed on a nearby building.
