!!! Both fledglings observed flying well, and as usual, terrorizing their parents!!
July 06, 2013 - Scarborough - Yellow Pages
Mark Nash Reports:
July 5th- 2013
Sorry for the lack of updates and postings as we have still been in the field on the watch at several other nest sites and had to mobilize our available manpower and resources to other areas of most need.
That being said, we are still very active doing spot checks in between the ongoing watches at nest sites where we have just finished the intense fledge watches and the Yellow pages nest site has not gone unchecked.
While we’re back to extremely hot and humid weather conditions, (with several days of back to back pouring rain, smog alerts and blistering sun thrown into the mix), the two young fledglings are still flying well, holding their altitude and now terrorizing their poor adult parents in the air in their quest for attention and food!
During the heat of the day, both of the adults are finding it MUCH harder to find hiding places to avoid the constant pursuit of the fledglings!! The good news, is that we have documented many air food transfers with each of the fledglings diving and stooping and now catching the food offerings that the adults are offering them, and we are now seeing the fledglings starting to chase some of the resident birds in the neighbourhood.
While they not capable of actually catching any live prey as yet, they are now trying - really hard!! The cat and mouse games, and the catch-me-if-you-can games between the two fledglings is just incredible to watch!!!
The spurts of actions lasts 15 minutes at a time, with an hour of rest and recharge periods, you can now see them very active throughout the entire day, all day now. How they deal with this extremely humid and hot weather is beyond me, as it has been almost debilitating for the rest of us here at street level especially with all of the heat radiating off the concrete surfaces that surround us!
Bring your camera’s out folks, as the show is absolutely spectacular!!