Tumble time!
June 17, 2016 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower
Lisa Reh Reports:
Just before 7:00 p.m., three of the juveniles were on the furthest corner of the Kings Tower roof with the fourth vocalizing from the upper platform of the CTV tower. Mystery does two successive flybys at 7:05. One of the juveniles headed back to Kings Tower at 7:10, fumbles the landing on the roof edge facing King Street, tumbles, striking the upper railing of the 2nd apartment from the top and lands on the balcony of the 3rd apartment from the top (to the right of the blue box & under the window air conditioner)!! The juvenile walked around the balcony and attempted to squeeze through the vertical rungs but decides to go under the lower railing, takes flight easily and successfully flies back to the CTV tower. Whew!
During this performance, number three flies back to the CTV Tower from the Kings Tower roof. At 7:30, Mystery returns with a bird from the direction of the hospital lands on the top of the microwave dish. Two juveniles were on the top of the dish and two on the top platform. It was crowded on top of the dish! One of the juveniles started to slide down the convex side of the dish, fell off, recovers and circles around to the back of the tower and lands on the upper platform. Mystery stayed with the remaining youngster on top of the dish and a flurry of feathers descends from the dish as the meal was prepared. At 7:45, Mystery leaves with what is left of the bird, circles and landed with it on the upper platform to the delight of the other 3 fledglings! At 7:55, Mystery flies to the hospital tower. After a couple of walkabouts, all four youngsters are accounted for on the upper platform silhouetted against the sun at 8:10 p.m. while Mystery keeps an eye on them from the hospital antenna.
Photos courtesy of Don Thomas & Heather Buerkle from June 14.
