Haven't had any reports via email or phone about a downed bird which is a good sign. Now from the reports, the birds wasn't flying fast and both our birds have been flying high and low for the last few days which means they have figured out how to use their wings.
Running up and down parallel to the sides of all buildings are layers of air, some going up, some going down, its how birds manage to come in low and glide up to the top of buildings to perch - part of that is wing control, part of it is using the lift from the upward moving layers of air. Chicks have to figure out how to do this and soft landings (no injuries) are most often the result of not catching the right uplift. As often as not, because the chicks have already reduced speed as they are coming in to land, they have time slide down a bit then they change direction and recover and land elsewhere and try again either immediately or after awhile. All part of the learning-how-to-fly process. Today winds are pretty light and there are lots of buildings around the Delta Hotel for a bird with training-wings to land on.
Upshot is,
- If chick is injured, I will get a report about it, have no fear.
- If chick isn't injured, it should have already started to work its way up and away again.
I'll be plugged into my communications even though I have meetings this afternoon and if I hear anything, I will post a note. If anyone sees anything or hears anything more, please feel free to page me, PM me here or send me an email. My pager & email address can be found on the Project's website - link is to the left under my name - click on the Earth/globe icon.
