Catching Up. Monday June 30th at William Osler
June 30, 2014 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Well, it would seem that Red is back to her old self and her old tricks after her epic flight last nigh. By morning she was back on the nest ledge and howling at her siblings once more. A morning feed came into the nest ledge and all four juveniles congregated for the feeding. Meal time has certainly now lost its friendliness and its every juvenile for himself. The food package was dumped unceremoniously on the ledge by Hurricane and the kids fought over it until it was gone. By the afternoon, Blue was really showing his advanced skills by practicing his kiting above the hospital roof. He was in complete control and started experimenting with changing wing positions subtly and how that would effect his flight. It was really neat to watch him figure all of this out. He learned this technique from Hurricane who would often kite right in front of the ledge and the kids in the hopes of inciting a flight. His son has picked up this rather quickly and has already mastered it.
By the evening, well… …pandemonium!! All four juveniles were now buzzing around the hospital playing tag and chasing the parents. You could tell that this was getting more skilled and serious as they weren’t doing the typical clumsy flap and scream technique but rather sneaking up on each other in stealth mode. As always, the best is when they get chasing Hurricane. They start with laps around the hospital with Hurricane in the lead and just when they think they are catching up to him… …a flick of the tail and reset of the wings and he’s rocketing around and coming up behind them! The evening was filled with family flights around the immediate territory and pigeon rewards from Chessie to end the day.
I will be down tomorrow for one last day at the watch as it looks as though this family is well on their way and no longer needing our help.