Mason Getting It Together
May 23, 2014 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Mason’s last adventure in flight not only had him stuck in a tree on Sunday afternoon until later in the day on Monday but his flight out of the tree brought him in contact with windows again and down to the ground for his third rescue. This past week he’s been working on getting his confidence back up and it looks like he’s well on his way.
On Tuesday, as reported earlier, he stayed quiet and hidden from view for the bulk of the day giving Grace and I some frustrating moments. He appeared around 5pm on the southeast corner of MEC 1 howling for food and stayed there for the remainder of the watch.
On Wednesday, Grace was down for the day to keep an eye on Mason who was again reluctant to fly much. That was most likely due to the fact that the adults have been feeding him relentlessly and he’s now a stuffed little turkey who is quite content to relax at home. He did make one flight off of the nest ledge and up to the roof retaining wall of MEC 1 just before Bruce arrived for the evening shift. Once up top he decided to play with the swing stage and nap for the most part but flights weren’t on the agenda.
Yesterday, Grace was down again for the day and saw… …you guessed it, one flight. Mason took off from MEC 1 and flew to MEC 3. Nothing spectacular but still a confidence builder regardless of the fact that it was short and sweet. Bruce arrived for the evening shift and again saw nothing! No flights. Hopping, running, eating, running and more eating. Oh yawn Mason, let’s go!!
Winston arrived for the late evening close and it looks like the little man has finally gotten his mojo back. He was able to witness several flights the first of which was a long one! Mason spent a good 2 or more minutes airborne and his flight included circling high above the rooftop of the MEC buildings and kiting in the wind. His landing was also greatly improved and he was looking more like a coordinated flyer than a flumpy kid. Several more flights around the complex of four buildings occurred before Winston closed down the watch for the night.
It looks like our little man has grown up and learned some incredible lessons along the way. Low rooftops, people, windows, people, more windows, trees and raccoons were all on the list of life lessons that he has experienced in such a short period of time. Today we will be back for hopefully one last full day before scaling the watch back to regular site checks. Fingers crossed we’ll be celebrating his graduation tonight!!
A great many thanks to Grace, Bruce and Winston for monitoring over the past few days. Mason still has a lot to learn but hopefully he is now well on his way.