!!! Merry makes it to the top and seagull is on the menu tonight!
June 19, 2014 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Lisa Reh Reports:
Merry was still on the 5th floor and was on the smoke stack at last report at 9:15 a.m. The fledge watch team kept a close watch on him and are concerned that he may have a wing injury due to his mishaps with the windows. The good news is that he is still flying although his flights have not had much height. Keep trying Merry – you are named after one of the bravest hobbits!
At 1:15, Dale reported the good news we needed to hear today. He observed 2 good flights most likely of Merry and perhaps also of Helia. The first flight was a long and leisurely one over the fledge watch tent on Union Street right. The juvenile flew back to the King Street side of the building where one of the adults was watching from the Sun Life sign. The 2nd flight ended up on the Park Street side of the building. They were of a good height, although not high enough to get up to the roof. At the same time, Susan had a report from an employee on the 16th floor on Park Street, that there was another crash into the windows. They thought it was a bird but weren’t sure. The adult falcons flew past right after.
At 7:30 p.m., Janice was looking out from the 6th floor window facing the hospital and Mystery landed on the lower roof with a seagull! She sat on it for quite a while looking around and pulled off all of the feathers. At 8:00, Janice found Merry on the 19th floor balcony at the corner of Union and Park Street. Looking a little bruised and battered, with a bit of a limp and a broken tail feather and missing his white tape, our little guy finally made it from the 5th floor to the 19th! No small feat for Merry especially since he had at least two crashes into the windows and possibly a 3rd on the way up given his noticeable injuries. The fledge watch team all breathed a big sigh of relief this night.
Photos courtesy of Janice Newton.
