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!!! Hope’s second release !!!

June 15, 2016 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower

Lisa Reh Reports:

All 3 babies were accounted for at 6:30 this morning. Two were in the nest box and one on the top of the microwave dish on the Bell Media tower. Volunteers gathered at 9:30 for Hope’s release and spread out around the area. It was decided to release her from the rooftop of the Kings Towers to give her a higher altitude. The wind was fairly low and the sun was out at 10:00 a.m when she was set free on top of the apartment building. Mystery swooped around the Kings Tower antenna, vocalizing alot while Caster calmly looked on from the small tower in the CTV parking lot. Hope hopped onto the south west ledge facing King Street. She spent a good hour there, flapping her wings, hopping and taking a small fly hop from one ledge to the other. At times, she’d hop down to the rooftop out of site of the fledgewatchers.

At 11:45 Mystery and Tenor flew over to Kings Towers. Tenor stayed with Hope there as Mystery flew off towards the hospital. Hope and Tenor perched on the north ledge. At 12:20 Tenor flew to CTV and then back to Kings Towers. A few minutes there were more flights by adults and juveniles with falcons seeming to be flying everywhere! Only Casper had not been confirmed to have flown. Around 1:15, one of the adults came back to Kings Towers with a food package trying to encourage Hope and Tenor to follow. The meal was dropped off and a few minutes later the adult came back again to try and call them out. All got quiet again when the parent flew off towards the hospital.

At 3:40, it got exciting again. Tenor flew over to the hospital antenna and landed below where Mystery was perched. A few minutes later, both flew to the Kings Towers possibly due to a maintenance worker on the rooftop. As Tenor landed on the antenna, Hope (not confirmed) flew over to the Bell Media tower, circled it and flew back to the Kings Tower roof. Meanwhile, Tenor also flew back to the Bell tower. Both adults perched on the Kings Tower antenna and it quieted down somewhat. At 4:35, Tenor took another flight from CTV to visit Hope on Kings Tower.

At 7:30, Tenor and Hope were still on the Kings Tower roof in the rain while the other two were by the nest box at CTV . One of the adults perched on the hospital antenna. At 8:30, Tenor and one of his sisters, flew from the next box platform over to Kings Tower in quick succession. One of them tried to land on the roof but missed, recovered and flew around again. It missed again, recovered and flew around but missed and landed on one of the top balconies. A tenant came out onto the balcony right after the juvenile got there! At the end of this rainy, wet fledgewatch, Hope and one of her siblings were still on the King’s Tower rooftop, and the third on the balcony. Tonight we have an empty nest box as this day ends!