!!! Canada Square Fledglings All flying High June 18th
June 19, 2021 - Toronto - Canada Square Building - Yonge and Eglinton
Marion Nash Reports:
When Bruce arrived this morning he was able to find 2 chicks on the nest building and believed they were Nathan and Coco but once again Ayala was playing hide and seek so he whet on the search but no luck. With the overcast it was impossible to see tape colors you need them to show the tape band and the sun has to be shining on them.
When the rain started to come down hard and having no place he could take cover and watch the birds he decided to head home for a while until it let up. We used to duck inside the Police station when it rained but it’s closed to the public now due to COVID. When he arrived back after the rain again he had 2 fledglings only.
Mark and I arrived for the night shift and Bruce was again out on the hunt for Ayala and 2 chicks were on the nest building.
When Bruce joined us he told us that he had also not seen Haven (mom) all day. I know Haven well enough that she would not be away that long unless she was keeping an eye on one of her chicks so if we find Haven we would find Ayala.
By 8:00 PM Haven finally flew in from the north landing on the RioCan building and was joined by Nathan who came off the nest building yelling for food and the other fledgling ( Coco or Ayala) was still on the nest building also yelling for food. Remember we still had not confirmed a band color for that girl yet.
Meanwhile since Haven had flown in from the north Bruce decided to take a look for Ayala north on Young perhaps Haven had been watching her there somewhere.
While Bruce was on the search Mark and I saw Haven fly south on a hunt and minutes later return with a food package and another fledgling was following her. She landed on the RioCan building and gave the food to Nathan the other fledgling following her landed beside them.
Now we have all 3 chicks. The chick on the nest build tried to fly over to the RioCan building to join them several times but just could not make the top. On her 3rd try she was again too low and bumped the windows for a 3rd time and managed to cling to a window frame then flew off towards the nest building looking like she was going to try for the 4th time to circle back to RioCan but Haven knowing she was not ready for that flew out to her and bumped on her back and put her down on the nest building for a safe landing.
Based on what we had seen over the last few days we now think the chick on the nest build who could not make the landing on RioCan was Ayala. She is flying well now and will eventually get that last bit of altitude she needs to keep up with her siblings, the other 2 are a day or 2 ahead of her in skills.
With no fear of any of them not getting off the ground if they came down we are now switching over to spot checks at this site and moving on the Mount Sinai fledge watch.