We had a number of people on the ground this morning in expectation that Redband would take off, but as of the time I left the site, about 12:15 MDT, he had not. It seems he would prefer to walk all over the place, instead of fly. Sometimes he scared us as he came so close to falling while doing his walking/running investigation of various areas of the roof. And, despite the encouragement from his stepdad, who was giving him lots of food along various areas of the roof, he refused to go for it.
The girls were curious about their brother's walking tours of the roof, but decided they preferred sunbathing; it is not really warm here today, and there is alot of wind, but at least there is no rain (for now), and the kids seem to be enjoying the sun on their backs. Redband was stretched out like a cat when he was not taking his running/walking constitutional along the edge of the roof.
Mother hardly moved from her perch above them all morning, and she did not feed the females at all while I was there, so I think she is trying to tell them that if they want food, they are going to have to come to her, not her go to them. I am sure they are mulling this over, as they are pretty hungry.
When the females stretch their wings, they look superb; we were thinking that it is possible that they could fledge at the same time, or even before, their brother, which would be rare in the falcon world, but they look so ready to go.
Bev and Peter are still down there, and will be joined by others; Bev expects Redband to go today, and if so, she will be there. She and Peter will report later.
