Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2008 / Damon & Radisson
carly:
--- Quote from: bev. on August 11, 2008, 14:29 --- ;D ;D ::) ::) ;D ;D
CASSIE HAD OFFICIALLY FLEDGED. i MISSED FIRST FLIGHT BUT I SURE SAW SECOND ONE
--- End quote ---
Oh Bev, I"m so glad you got to see her fly - you deserve to enjoy that moment with all the devotion and care you have shown to her. I'm a bit weepy myself just reading it...our girl is flying and safely too! Maybe she'll eventually fly back to the nest box to show off her new skills once she gets the hang of it!
bev.:
I just realized that I posted the beginning again. sorry :-[ :-[.Must be tired or I have too much spare ;) ;) time. I cannot delete it
Part IV august 11
15:30
all has been quiet and then dad flies in to nest box area and is up and to left of roof where Cassie is. F is still just below top where the jut is.
Cassie is quiet
16:30
Dad just went up to heart building and then takes off west and flies in circles and is gone
16:40
Mom just took off between nest building and heart building
Cassie is still quiet
17:30
Adult did fly by with food on extreme rt of roof where Cassie is and Cassie is up and flapping and cacking
-came by again and dropped food , Cassie flapping and cacking
Then that adult went to the just out on nest building and the other adult came in calling and went up to the top of roof above nest box and other adult leaves
- Cassie is now eating on roof
17:45
- Cassie is on ledge on corner of building and and Adult is on roof of building above nest box.
18:00
Cassie is back down
Adult still there
18:05
Cassie on the ledge in middle of ledge an dcacking and flapping
-Adult is just ignoring her
-one adult is gliding above
18:35
Adult just called form the top of moms building
Cassie is cacking
adult remains on roof of nest box building
Adult form moms building flies onto heart building and then behind it, and Cassie is cacking an dflapping
18:35- 19:30
Cassie cats walks back and forth across the ledge of roof (does a good job) good wing flaps (my heart stops a few times)
- Cassie then jumps down onto roof
-Adult leis down from roof of nest building to right part of ledge. then it lies down on ledge and then hops onto roof(tucking Cassie in) :-* :-*
then adult flies to roof of new building and then behind
Peter and I go behind the heart building where there are other buildings of hospital etc. and we can see an adult. On further inspection we see that this is the area they go and can see
cassie and she can see them but we could not from the front.
So they have her covered.
Another day down :) :) :)
bev.:
Part 111 august 11
13:17
all was quiet , no visual of adults and Casie is probably sleeping
- In comes Star ambulance and lands on hospital roof
13:24
A returned to roost on heart building( I think dad) , other A not in sight.
Cassie quiet
13:40
the other adult just flew onto moms building and is on top ledge
all accounted for
13:50
Mom left heart building(did not see leave)
14:00
A on moms building calling
no sign of other adult
no sound from Cassie
other adult continues to call
14:00- 14:10
2nd adult flies in to moms building and they bot soar above both buildings. (his and hers)
-one flies out east
-one flies to nest building (small cack form Cassie)
Adult flies into nest box and stays about a minute and then flies off onto heart building roof
-shortly after it flies to new apartment building but does not stay and then flies behind heart building(we find out why later)
14:37
Adult came in abut 10 minutes ago and is on front of jut that sticks out on nest building(pictures will show it)
bev.:
Part 11 Sunday august 11
up to 11:20
-When we got there there was an adult on tower on moms building,but we could see no one else. Peter went up on roof of parkade and a whole new world opened up. We could see the aerial view all around so we stayed there for the day.
-Peter spotted Cassie on far right corner of the roof ledge ,cacking away.
-then adult flew off tower
a bit later we looked around and Peter spotted the 2 adults on the ledges of an apartment building 2 blocks up the street.( we were not sure why)
- Cassie is fading in and sleeping ,I think. and adults are resting also
11:35
- A on upper balcony flew off and Cassie is cacking . A flew behind the building across from nest box(I am going to refer ot this building as the HEART Buiilding from now on)and then behind nest box building.
11:50-12:05
Cassie went down to roof, then up on ledge, then down to the roof , and then back on ledge
12:50
- Adult that was still on apartment building dove straight down (maybe to catch a prey)
12:58
Adult comes to Cassie from behind the heart building with prey and does a touch and leaves with prey,then comes back and leaves prey on ledge.
-Cassie is, of course, :) :)cacking the whole time. Cassie mantles the prey for a few minutes and then dropped it on roof and jumped down to eat.
dodobird:
Wow!! Thanks Bev - I would have cried, too. That is so exciting. We will miss watching her - but Go, Cassie, Go! Fly for all of us.
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