Other Peregrine Projects > Canadian Peregrines
ON / Etobicoke - Bloor & Islington / 2008-21
carly:
#1 bird still in his tree and not budging it seems. Second male fledged at 6:05 this morning while I was in the shower and he had a great first flight and is now on top of the building - right above the ledge with the nestbox where mom and dad perch. So he scored some food for that feat!!
Hoping our other guy will try to take flight and leave the tree, Bruce say he's really hungry and was observed trying to eat the bark on the tree this morning :-X
I'm working today but I'll be out to check on them when I can. Oh and the next tower over is putting a swing stage up to wash windows during a fledging period...should be fun watching people get attacked this morning...hope they brought helmets :P
bcbird:
Thanks, Carly, that makes sense.
maggieblue:
Great fledge report. ;D Thanks Carly
carly:
--- Quote from: bcbird on June 07, 2009, 19:05 ---Really? The parents won't feed him, just because he is too low?
--- End quote ---
They don't want the juvies to think it's ok to be so low, they are young and vulnerable to predators - those 2 crows could have hurt him because he can't fly well enough to get away from them or he could panic and fly into traffic or a building. They will alternately try to lure him out with food or leave him alone a bit so he might get hungry enough to try again. If they went down to him, he would think it's cool to be down there - alot of juvies die the first year by going down too low or to ground to feed and a predator gets them.
carly:
Well hopefully he will get hungry enough to take flight and try to go back higher. If he comes down they will rescue him otherwise he may make it to a higher area - like a rooftop then the parents will feed him. That's what screech did last year. The parents generally stay out of sight for a few hours to get them to fly home but about now one of them is no doubt flying around with food in talon trying to lure him out.
The guys said he'll be safe in the tree, he just won't get fed.
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