June 30th William Osler Report - Little Yellow Watch Continues
June 30, 2013 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
I started the watch today with three of the juveniles on the rooftop retaining wall of the hospital and little Yellow on the lower roof of the Medical Center. While I was not concerned about the other three at all, it was this little man down low that I was waiting to see take flight. For the better part of the morning, he stayed on the low roof flapping, preening and napping and it became apparent that something was not 100% right with him. He appeared to have a droopy left wing. I watched as he would have bouts of flapping like mad and all seemed well but when he drew his wings in, the left was not being held up in the perfect position that it should. His siblings Red, White and Blue continued to take flights around the hospital and spent a lot of time visiting with Yellow on the Medical Center roof. Throughout the rest of the day leading into the afternoon, Yellow remained where he was but was very active back and forth along the leading edge of the roof. I was dispatched to Etobicoke Sun Life to take over watching down there and Bruce replaced me at William Osler. He watched as little Yellow flapped and ran the roof and concurred with me that the left wing was just not right somehow. He could flap and move the wing just fine and yet holding it up was not comfortable. In the late afternoon, Yellow took flight off of the Medical Center roof and ended up on the lower mechanical roof on the south side of the hospital. He took another flight that took him around the building and on to the 7th floor window ledge where he remained for quite some time resting during which his wing droop was most evident. A third flight caused him to lose some altitude and end up on the 4th floor window ledge where he remained for the rest of the evening. Little Yellow is certainly being encouraged by both his parents and his siblings to continue to try and regain his elevation to the nest ledge or roof top and he is giving his all to get there. We will continue to monitor his progress as he makes his way home and watch his left wing condition for changes or improvements in functionality.