Hi Ya'll...
WOW, WOW, oh okay, and another WOW!!!
What another great night had by all!!! Watch crew on duty was Saiorse, Linderlou, Debc52, bccs and me. And holy cow ladies, I had a BLAST!!!! Diddo to what B posted on the storm, watching the boys follow Mom & Dad hunting, they were stooping KD. It was a sight! And of course all of this happening, and Vesper still perched with her beak wide open....needless to say, we didn't shut up either. It was Great!
The night started off with me not being able to find a parking spot close to the hot spot (across from the MTS centre watching the west nestbox). So, I parked down a side street behind the Radisson (south of the building). I got out of my car, start to run as I knew people were at the hot spot, and I heard a very familiar sound. I stopped, yes in the middle of the road...duh, I looked up where I heard the sound coming from, and there was a falcon. I looked, looked again, listened because this falcon didn't stop squaking....I said to myself, that has to be Vesper. Did a little funky dance when I found her, ran to the corner of Portage and saw Linderlou and Saiorse. I walked up behind them, said hello, then said, I found her! Linderlou fetched bccs, we all met at the corner where I told B that I think I found Vesper.
We walked to the back of the Radisson, we all stopped, looked up, see a falcon, we were all pretty sure it was her. Then, out of the blue, the boys turned up and started flying around. Man, they are awesome to watch. So, at this time it is confirmed, Vesper is found!!! Bccs get on her cell phone to call Tracy to let her know that Vesper is safe and sound at the exact same height as the west nestbox but on the South side of the Radisson and that allikat found her.
Okay gang, this is when the fun startd for me. I take bccs' cell phone and start chatting with Tracy. Once I heard her voice on the other end, all that was going through my head was, OMG, I'm talking to The Peregrine Chick, and she's talking to me...Oh wait..she asked me something. Oh my, BOT allikat, BOT, think here, come on you can do this, just talk. All I heard was, blah blah blah coming out of my mouth and thinking, I'm talking to Tracy on the phone right now, this is her voice on the phone. Oh, she's telling me important information here, concentrate you fool. But OMG, it's Tracy, and I'm talking with her, this is real. I'm really not sure if I actually composed myself or not, but I hope I did not sound like a babelling fool. It was so surreal.
All in all, I had a blast with the ladies this evening...this has truly been a wonderful experience for me and I will never ever forget these moments.
Thank you so much!
Forgot to mention, all was good at the homefront with Tupper, Ty and Vesper. They are coming along very well. I would really love to see Vesper fly though...maybe tomorrow evening or on the weekend!!!
