I will sneak some reports here. Jim lets me post anything I want.
here is a video of youngster still on mission9 from Jim)
https://youtu.be/WZDIk7GbE_oI have been given green light to share the reports . thye will be from BArbara.
last nights reportBetween the workers on 201 (who were not on the roof very long) and the Millennium Tower window washers (who were there for a long time), Val was kept busy defending the territory and the young laid low. Interestingly Dan spent a lot of time sitting on the Millennium Tower on the corner right near the crane arm and cable.
Around 2:30pm Jim identified a juvenile pancaked on the far pillar of 201. Neither Roni, Scott, or I could identify the bird from the ground, so we waited. Close to 3pm Roni saw a parent and one of the young come flying over 201, over Main, over 135 Main, and around the pyramid building; this has become a route. The two birds evidently made a left turn at Spear Street, crossed Mission and landed on the Steuart Tower. This is the smaller of two similar towers with great window ledges and a good ledge around the roof. The two birds landed on the roof of the 27 story tower. Then I saw the young pancaked bird on 201 take off and take the same route to the Steuart tower. The two spent close to 4 hours on the building while the parents hunted, kept and eye on U/25, fed the young, and cleared the airspace.
One unusual sighting was Val chasing off a Great Blue Heron. As big as she is, she was dwarfed by this huge bird, but she definitely make her presence known.
Roni and Scott had to leave and Roy came for the evening. It was nearing 7pm when one of the young decided to fly from the Spear Tower, retracing his flight back around and over 135 Main. We had to watch from Mission St. and hope that he would pop out somewhere. He came out over Mission St and then circled back eventually landing back of 201 Mission on the far corner. He flew again this time landing on top of the PG&E building. Then he got a little bit out over his 'wings'. He took flight again and had some missed landings, going up along side of the new tower beh ind 201 and then on a wall of PG&E. He recovered very well, pushing off and righting himself each time. He lost a little altitude and ultimately landed on one of the planter boxes of 201.
We left him about 8:15pm when it was really to dark to see much. We did not see the second young fly, but the parents were continuing to patrol around the Steuart Tower.
It looks as though a parent is spending the night with U/25. He will be 42 days old tomorrow, so his fledge window opens.