Spot Check at William Osler
July 13, 2015 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
Yesterday Bruce and I went out in the early morning cool to check in on the family at William Osler. We found Chessie in the tower with Hurricane and Chessie was quietly kakking. Benny was in the front of the tower and no other kids were in sight. Chessie continued to vocalize and in our scan of the area, we found Sven in the tower to the north. That’s two! Bruce did a walk of the perimeter and found a third bird on the northwest corner that turned out to be Peggy. Excellent. Still no sign of Winston.
Chessie took off from the tower and went very low over to the medical centre roof. There she sat kakking and this had us a little worried. Bruce went up to the 10th floor and scanned the rooftop of the building to make sure that no one was up there and cleared the majority of it; nothing in sight. I stayed on the ground and watched Chessie. She was watching something behind her. Just before Bruce came back out Chessie turned around and walked into the center of the roof out of view and came back… …with a pigeon! Ok, so that’s what has your interest. She ate what was left and then took off back up to the tower for a roost. Just to be safe I went up to the Med Centre roof and cleared the blind spot that Bruce couldn’t see and all was well as the heat was coming on.
Benny and Sven did most of the flying this morning. Peggy was sleeping on the northwest corner and Winston still did not make an appearance. With the boys flying so well and the temperatures so hot, there is a chance that after a morning feed he was napping away somewhere out of our view. Hurricane took off of the tower and flew down to the Med Centre roof and stayed there for a while looking for scraps and lining up the sparrows in the neighboring tree. He eventually took off to the north tower after Benny decided to stoop him on the low roof. As we were leaving Benny, Sven and Peggy were all on the north side of the hospital enjoying the recent delivery of a pigeon brought in by Chessie. Benny was eating it for the most part as Sven watched and Peggy slept. Then Benny did something that I have never seen a two month old male do. He took off with the pigeon and attempted to fly around the hospital with it… …and succeeded!! A bird almost as big as himself. Heavy and cumbersome. What an ambitious little man! He flew around the west side and we could see he was losing altitude. He continued around to the east and headed for the Med Centre roof which is where we believe he dumped his package. So that’s how the pigeons are getting up there!
As we left there was still no sign of Winston. I will be back today to check in on the family and hopefully Winston was just enjoying some independence or taking a nap during our time yesterday.