Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2008 / Damon & Radisson
JL:
Bev, thanks for being our Peregrine Reporter. :) I'm glad Cassie is okay. Strange that between at least 4 or 5 of us watching, nobody saw her got blown off the nest roof. I guess the only ones that saw were Mom and Dad which I'm glad. Cassie was lucky that the wind wasn't blowing the other way - which was a long way down. Looks like she's got a bit more space to roam and explore down where she is now. I hope there's a bit of cover down there that will shelter her in case the weather gets nasty.
Have a great day down at the U of A, take care of that wasp sting. 8)
bev.:
My apologies Carly,
i hope everything is O.K. your way with that explosion you had.
Is it not funny how we think of our birds immediately :) :) I believe one of the new young females is from Rochester .. Mark Nash mentioned it in an e-mail. If she is till there next year you will have 2 young females from Rochester in your area.
We are on our way.
Sorry we are later leaving today.
maggieblue:
WOW Bev. What a day for you and for Cassie! Thank you so much for letting us know what is going on when you must be exhausted. It is great that you have such a supportive family. I wish that I could be there. Hopefully you can connect with some people in Edmonton who will help with the fledge watch next year. Now that we can't see her we will depend on your reports. Hope everything goes well today :)
carly:
Thanks so much for your detailed reports, sounds like you guys had as exciting a day as our Cassie!
Have a good day today and we'll be rooting for our girl to make a safe flight if she does decide this is the day!
bev.:
In this report , things will get fuzzy as I lost it at one point
We did not always know who was who but we guessed by actions sometimes and when not know for sure I just put Adult. I thought I knew but just in case.
17:30
dad made a food drop on moms building and then flew back on his antennae
Female flies away from nest building and circles and comes back and then goes back to her building and starts feeding or tearing
Cassie is still picking her carcass
Note:
the clouds had moved off and it was hot but breezy. now the clouds are coming back and it is very gusty at times. Husband broke his lawn chair trying to save mine from blowing away during one of my needed quick breaks ;D ;D
18:45
mom has been at her building and dad on his antennae and Cassie flapping at times and eating and almost being blown off a few times. I think she scared herself a few times as she let out a cack
-Adult on a perch just below roof (the roof is just below nest box. I mentioned this before)
then adult perches on roof of new building. E is cacking the whole time
I believe the adult is trying to get Cassie to get off the roof of nest box as a storm is coming in. If she goes to roof below nest box or small flight over to new building, she will be fine. My husband was on roof of new building and said there would be lots of protection for her.
18:50
adult flies off roof of new building and then back on again and then on roof of nest box and then on roof of building adjacent to nest box
Cassie is cacking
This where my official report stops . and I make assumptions now.
I am not sure what happened . we were watching all this , and my daughter phoned on the cell phone and Peter put his head down for a moment and I saw Cassie eating and I reached in my bag and then looked up and no Cassie. :o :o
that is how quick things happen. we looked and looked. I could hear her and ran over to building and knew she was on the roof just below the nest box . even if she fell it was not a great drop. but I was worried. :'( :'( Mom was immediately there looking down into the roof ledge.
I was hoping some of you caught it. My husband thinks a gust of wind blew her down but we are not sure at this point. she sounded shocked. it was silent for a bit and that is when I called university security and then went off to the top floor of building. and looked out a window. I could see mom but not on the darn roof because of the ledge. I did not want to go out on the roof and risk spooking Casie so I just prayed and phoned the biologist(who was out of town.). He said all was probably fine and to phone someone else . I left a message with them.
anyhow I came back downstairs. Have any of you ever dealt with campus security. I got the 3rd degree by this youngster an assured him I was O.K. His boss approved it and had my name and number etc. etc. I tole him he could speak to my husband if he wanted who was an RCMP and then then he left me alone. I understand they have their jobs but.... ::) ::)
When I came down and got back to where we were sitting mom flew up to the roof of the nest box and Cassie hopped up on ledge of the roof belwo the nest box and her wings fanned beside her. So when we left everything appeared fine. I talked to Cassie and told her to stay put for the night at least and i would be back to check on her today. We did have a major storm last night but it is clear today .
will have to bring a new lawn chair ;D ;D
Now I will wake up my saint of a husband , ;) ;) and curl my hair and we will head out. No promises, but i will do my best. :-* :-*
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