U of Alberta - 2009 / Damon & Radisson

[carly]

Just got out of meeting, thank you Peter for the report..I was worried about our girl!!

[Saoirse]

Wow -- you guys in Edmonton are having an exciting time with your falcon family. Wish I could be there to volunteer some help, but you're all doing a fantastic job of keeping track of them. Hope this is a great day for the birds to be flying!

[lorac]

Wow!  Can't wait to get over there this evening.

[bccs]

Thanks Mr. Bev, today's the day, I have one of Dennis' feelings.

[bev.]

Good Morning.  Mr. Bev here.  Some interesting times last night.  We had a little rain storm along with some stronger winds.  The "boys" didn't seem to want to slow down.  They tried their flying from place to place and found out that it wasn't as easy as it looked when Mom and Dad did it.  They tried several times to go from the Heart building to CSB but had difficulty, like the gymnasts, sticking their landings.  They did make it back to the Heart.  One took off again and the wind caught him and blew him way south of the University.  Mom took off and caught up with him and flew around him and steered him back to the Heart building.  Its amazing how they do that.  Froona sat for most of the time on the rail of the white stand below the nest box.  All of a sudden she disappeared and we could not find her.  We still don't know where she went.  We searched till dark.  Bev and I went down there this morning and with the help of some other watchers found her clinging to the side of CSB at the top to the left of the nest box.  She looks just fine.  A construction worker went on the roof of the Heart building to check if he could find her.  He immediately got dive bombed by the parents.  He saw Mr. Red eating a pigeon and he didn't even slow down when he saw the worker.  Mr. Yellow was on Windsor Park building enjoying the view.  All 3 and both parents are accounted for and doing fine.  Froona should do a little flying today to get some food as she didn't get fed yesterday.  She has had her maiden voyage now so hopefully, it will be up, up, and away now and we should see some interesting flying.  We will keep you posted.

[carly]

*sigh* 6:13 am EST and no falcons in the box, on top of the box or out on the wrungs.  I hate this time of year cause we know it's almost over for a few months until Australia anyway...

[allikat]

Froona will fly and fly high....

[bcbird]

Hi hope Mr Red will return for the night to keep her company.  I sure wish we could see her in the cam.

[lorac]

As of the time Bob and I were there, she hadn't eaten all day -- not since about 8:30 last night.  However, the speculation was that since she hadn't eaten all day, and did need some strength, likely one of the parents would bring her some food.

Poor dear Froona, indeed.  She just looked the biggest, loneliest, most woe-begotten bird in the whole world.  While her brothers flipped and flew,  poor Froona sits all alone ... just big and flightless.  You gotta love the under-dog, and that's what she is today.

But just wait until tomorrow.  She's going to fly and she's going to be amazing!!

[allikat]

Thank you for that update Lorac.....can't wait until tomorrow!

[bcbird]

Thanks for the update on everyone's whereabouts, Lorac!
Poor big Froona.  I wonder if some of her dejection is lack of food?

[lorac]

Hello everyone.  I'd planned to post hours earlier (I promised Bev I would).  Bob and I swung by CSB after work.  For anyone familiar with Edmonton, I'm sure that you'll understand, as we do, that certainly crossing the river and going over to the University is the most direct route between downtown Edmonton (where we work) and St. Albert (where we live).  NOT.  But, we had to see and couldn't wait for our shift tomorrow evening.

When we left at 5:35 p.m. MDT, Lady Froona was sitting, looking forlorne and dejected, as if saying "How the heck did I get my big old self here?".  She was sitting in the square contraption -- the one with the floor.  At times, she'd go to the back of it and wouldn't be visible from where we sat.

Her brothers, on the other hand, were having a nice time on the roof of the Mazankowski (Heart) building.  The parents were strategically placed so that they could see all the kids.  Dad was perched on the top of an apartment building that's just across and a little north of the Mazankowski where he'd be able to watch the boys, and Mom was perched on top of an antennae on top of College Plaza (or the one next to it) having a completely unobstructed view of the nest box, and Ms. Froona on CSB.

I'm looking forward to the next reports.

[allikat]

Thanks for the updates everyone! 
Thank you Bev, Mr. Bev (Peter), Eli, Carly and Lorac..

This is exciting news about Froona, Mr. Red and Mr. Yellow......I'm sorry that there has been no word on Mr. White.  As everyone says (to try to keep us human positive), no news is good news.  We can only wait and see about Mr. White.  Let's not lose faith on him yet folks, you never know where he may be.

Great news about Froona....fly girl, fly!!!!!

[bcbird]

Another ditto. 
You said it very well, Carly. 
Congratulations, Bev, on raising the awareness of this site, even if it feels like you are a bit of a victim of your own success!

[Liz]

Poor Bev, I remember last year how frustrated she was that there was no awareness of the falcons and their plight and we all encouraged her to go out there and start something  Lol..now she's a star and has to turn away interviews!!  She deserves all the recognition for all the hard work she has done, she has put her heart and soul into this site and the falcons...Cheers and thank you!

I've been doing alot of 'DITTO'-ing lately  -and here's another one! Cheers to Bev!!

And another ditto -- great job, bev!