well , I am back . I had to read your reports first to see how they fit with mine.
So ,you were all watching and can fill in the blanks ,I hope.
We arrived there at about 18:30. We immediately saw dad at the top tower of his building(I am going to post a few terrible pictures so You can see where they were)
Cassie was outside and was very calm. I could not see mom but she could have been on the roof of the nearby buildings and we could not see. she was not where she was the last day. Cassie did a few wing flaps from time to time but was mostly facing in and then looking out toward the adults.
I would say that between 19:00 and 19:10 . mom was in the air by dads building and Cassie started flapping like crazy.. YOu should see those wings. Dad came out to greet her (mom) and they flew around a bit and then went to their respective perches.
A little bit later mom flew around her building and ended up on a balcony on her building,where dad had left her food. I had seen the prey when we got there ,so dad had it waiting. She started to defeather and we did see feathers flying.(My neck is sore form looking).
When mom was finished what she was doing she took off with the prey and went over the roof of the new building and Cassie started squawking(about 19:36). what mom did was make a few loops around the building with the prey dangling. they do this to entice the youngsters to fly. ( so if Cassie was going nuts , that is why.)Mom did this a few times and then flew in with it. Cassie had one big hissy fit. Mom came out on the stoop. she is gorgeous.(My husband had gone to the car and I could have killed him as he took the camera). when he came back he forgot the camera.The pictures would not have been too good anyway.) Cassie continued to cack when mom was on the stoop.
Dad flew off his building and started soaring way up above the nest building. WOW!!! he just kept circling and then going further out and then back and then out. (That is what Cassie probably sees when she is looking up and around ).
Mom then went back inside the box and it appeared that she was helping Cassie, but you would know better from watching. She stayed inside for a bit and then left with some prey in her talons. Cassie was cacking as she left.She flew over the roof of the new building and we did not see her go back to her building so we are assuming that she was somewhere up on the roof out of sight. when we left all was quiet.
a few times there I thought , slow down Cassie . I do not want yo to go yet.
Of curse a few passersby stopped and I explained to them what was happening and let them use my binoculars.
My husband has a lot of patience with me but he gets bored after awhile so I told him we would bring lawn chairs nest time and he could read. ( a lot of the time is spent waiting for something to happen.
so I hope you can fill in the blanks. we ar going to do up some pictures to give you a full picture of what is happening.
One thing for sure. the longer Cassie stays the better. She needs to be strong becasue she has quite a ways to go to land. that is if she goes where the young one went last year. Mind you, maybe the young one last year had a few stops.
