Friday at MEC. Oh Boy.
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Tracy Simpson Reports:
We left off the three girls at MEC with one missing, one low and one in a tree. This had Bruce, Katherine and I out early in the pre-dawn hours positioning ourselves and checking up on everyone that we could find. Hawkeye was still in her tree by MEC 4 and with the rains coming she was due for a very wet day. While we were watching her we noticed that she was holding her beak open slightly even when at rest. Bruce and I both agreed that after her face plant into MEC 3 AND 4 the day before that one of those bonks may have sprained or damaged a portion of her beak. We decided that keeping a close eye on her was in order and if she came to ground again we would be looking closely at her features and deciding whether a vet consultation was needed. Ieva was still nowhere to be found and Adrianna was no longer on the overhang at MEC 2.
Bruce set himself up under the overhang next to 4 so that he could continue to watch Hawkeye while I walked the perimeter of the other three buildings. During my walk I was unable to locate Ieva or Adrianna at the base of any of the buildings. This meant that our girls were hopefully off the ground and somewhere, it was now a matter of figuring out just where. Another walkabout in the complex allowed us to discover Adrianna over on the west side of Hurontario. She was vocal and active and looking none the worse for her trip over to her new location on Accenture. On one of his rounds Bruce noticed that Adrianna was no longer where he had been seeing her all day and he began to search the area for her new location. He found her over on the CIBC building across the street on the low ledge approximately three stories up. Best part was that she wasn’t alone! On the ledge beneath the one where Adrianna had landed sat Ieva. Both girls in sight and both girls safe, what could be better.
Back to Hawkeye. She remained in the tree for the entire day sitting out the rains as best she could. She was absolutely drenched. She moved throughout the tree repositioning several times but never once made a move to fly. Her beak remained open in the position just slightly a jar that we noted earlier but we were able to see her preen her feathers several times throughout the day. When the rains rolled in they came in hard and both Adriana and Ieva got an incredible soaking; they were drenched and so was Bruce. He remained watching Hawkeye staying out of the rains as best as he could and every once in a while when there was a break in the rain he would get up and check on the two on the CIBC building. Grace and Winston joined Bruce later in the day and the rain kept everyone settled where they were. The watched closed for the night at dusk with Hawkeye still in her tree and the other two girls at the CIBC.