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Double rescue of Hope & Artemis !!!

June 14, 2020 - Kitchener - CTV-Bell Media Tower

Lisa Reh Reports:

The watch started early as the search for Hope continued. Heather reported:” Karen, Tim and I have been here for a bit. Casey has flown a couple times. He’s probably hungry. We think Hope is in the same place on the hospital as last night. Parents have been over there trying to call her back. Artemis is on the platform behind the box.”

Others joined the hunt for Hope. Heather reports at 8:35: “Artemis is flapping a lot on the orange platform. Casey has been flying a fair bit. He’s becoming a pro! Casey and the adults have continued to fly over the hospital periodically.”

At 9:49, Sandye reports: “Kim, Karen, Christine and I are here. Casey has been doing some flying and is now back in the nest box. Artemis is hunkered down on the Pine Street level of the nest box level. The parents have both been flying around. Still no sign of Hope. Kim was able to get a contact of hers to look out the windows at the roofs of the emergency level. No sightings.” Paayal also contacted her unit at Grand River Hospital and convinced one of the nurses to help look for Hope.

Karen reported at 11:05: “Still no sign of Hope. Kim and Sandye are doing a ground search. Both parents have cruised over the same area as last night. No food drops that we are aware of. A short while ago, a food drop was made to the nest box and Casey is still eating it. Artemis has been out of the box all morning and making lots of wing slapping. No feeding. Girls are back and no luck. Saw an adult once again come out from the lower area at the hospital. Randy is here now and headed to the garage top and going to use his scope.”

After some searching and some help from a security guard, Paayal found Hope on the ground in the courtyard. Paayal and Rudy worked with security to rescue Hope. By 1:45 Hope had been rescued and examined by Rudy and she appeared to be in good condition.

Joy reported at 2:38, that: “Casey just did a short flight and had an awkward landing on the scaffolding above the platform and fell down to the platform.” David reported at 5:14: “I just stopped for a quick look, Casey was on the top platform. He suddenly took off, towards an adult soaring on the Kitchener side of Kings Towers. He flew around and past Kings Towers for a bit, finally landing on the antenna, half way up.”

Micah reported at 5:20: “In case there wasn’t enough excitement today, Artemis went down about 25 minutes ago, and we got Rudy to come down and rescue him. He could have been a bit banged up, but he should be okay. He had a pretty decent flight, circling around the tower a few times. Unfortunately, he did hit the tower a bit on his way down. After wandering around the parking lot, he made a beeline towards King Street, but we cornered him in some bushes before he got there. As I said, Rudy came and got him and everything is all right now. Surprisingly it’s been Enigma in the nesting box for a while now, just hoping that Casey isn’t too lonely tonight, provided he gets back from his perch about halfway down the tower okay.”

Rudy will examine Hope and Artemis more thoroughly and will hold them overnight. They will be released at some point tomorrow. Great teamwork and dedication from the Kitchener-Waterloo fledge watch team!!

Photos courtesy of Jim Bowman, Kim Woods, Randy Fowler, Paayal Burman & Rudy Kruppa.