MEC Check. Two Girls at Home
July 14, 2015 - Mississauga - Executive Centre
Tracy Simpson Reports:
From the Holcim site I decided to head up to MEC on my way back north to check in on the progress of Hawkeye, Ieva and Adrianna. Reports from Winston of the girls trying to hunt on their own had me excited to see how well they are doing. MEC is such an incredible site supporting the family from both an environmental and positive human interaction perspective. This site is one of the more challenging ones in the respect that for the fledglings to find a mid level height to land on and work their way back up to the nest ledge height, they have to go across the street; a long flight for a young bird. This year we performed 5 rescues at MEC and today I sat at MEC 3 and was enjoying watching our success as a community flying around driving the parents just nuts!
I found Renegade on the Desjardins sign preening and there was no sign of anyone else. Wait… …what was that? I could hear one of the girls but couldn’t see her. Oh yes, there she is! On the ledge at MEC 4 hiding behind her enormous crop!!! Even though she was obviously quite full she was screaming like she hadn’t eaten in a week. Wow. At this time of day when Robert Speck Parkway quietens down that screaming really, really echos!! I found another one of the girls by following the screaming over at MEC 2 with just as big a crop as the first. Jeepers, what are they complaining about!! The juvenile on MEC 2 took off and headed for MEC 1 with her sister hot on her tail. They both landed on the northeast corner of the nest ledge and continued to complain about nothing. Midnight was not on site and the third juvenile was off on an adventure as well.
It was so great to see the girls doing well. A reminder of why we do what we do on fledge watch!! Thank you to the MEC community of supporters. These three girls are well on their way!