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......Nest location: On the side of a building 14 stories high at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

......Radisson (female) -- Band: Black R/7
......Chase (male) -- unbanded
......Previous male -- K/97


Weber Centre

......Miss Edmonton (female)

The evening last night was relatively quiet. The chick made a lot of noise as it wanted to be fed. Chase has a habit of stealing his food. However, he landed on the wrung of the nest box looking inside. Radison did not look to happy and landed on the netting and crouched menacingly looking at chase. He didn't budge, so Radison flew off, diving down and then looping up over the CS and came down and knocked him off his perch. I think he got the message. She however did not bring in any food till approx. 9:30 when she brought some prey on to the netting and beak fed the youngster. He had a good feed and seemed quite content, perching on the wrung of the nest box where he stayed until I left at 10:00 PM. Chase was on the lower roof of Maz and Radison was on CS.

The youngster did a lot of flapping on the netting during the evening and looks strong and ready to fly. I don't believe it will be long.

Bev just called and advised that the watchers this morning saw that the youngster was fed just after 6. Bev said that Radison also brought food in at 9:30 and has managed to keep Chase at bay so the youngster can eat. He seems to be well fed anyway.

Sounds like you were well entertained last evening, Peter. Hoping all continues to go well.

Thank you so much for the updates and pics. I hope everything goes well today. This little chick seems quite petite, significantly smaller than Chase.

Just got back from the Weber site. Had this all written and hit the wrong button. In any event, I got a call from someone at Weber advising that the female was down on the top level of the Parking lot and was injured. I went to U of A and got the carrying case and went to Weber where I met Gord Court our biologist. We found the bird and it was our young male chick. He looked perfectly healthy, however was precariously perched on the edge of the Parking lot facing one of the busier roads in Edmonton. Gord did not want to spook him so we managed to herd him to the back of the lot near to some lower roofed buildings. As he reached the back, he flew off, quite well I might add, and landed on a telephone pole at the back of Weber. The male adult was watching very closely so had the chick in site. As he was out of immediate danger, Gord advised that he should be OK and he would check on him later, as would Bev and I.

Our first rescue of the season on our first flight of the season. Hope all goes well from here on in. We will keep you posted

It's great that there was someone who knew what they were seeing at Weber and knew the right people to call. Glad it all turned out fine.

Peter, so glad you have your own signon now! I know you've been with us before, but I still want to officially welcome you to BCAW under your own signon!

Thanks for your great reports & I'm so glad you could help Gord with the Weber male chick!

Looks like he made it back to the platform.

clinical Science july11 day time

Well I was able to have a little seep in this morning as a lady offered to be there before 6am and also 2 others. so I got there jsut before 8am and managed to have a coffee with my hubby.

I think the heat is holding this show up. Radisson gave the youngster a nice bit of feed at 9.30am and he ate for at least 20 minutes.

he is doing a lot of wing flapping and getting stronger. there were a few times today , that I thought he would go. Now remember I am just thinking he is the oldest becasue of size but he could be 2nd chick born or 3rd. We all wait for them to fly but we have butterflies when they are about to make it first time.

Jean is continually our Savior, bringing water and fruit. A few ladies from the campus area have also been coming when they know I am alone and sitting with me and giving me a break to freshen up. It all helps.
Barb came after work fro a few hours .

Radisson chased another hawk out of the area today. I think they need to pass the message along becasue she is not messing with anyone.

Chase behaved himself today. there was only one feed that I saw today but then they will start giving him less to encourage him to fly. We do not want a rolly polly.

I think when Peter wrote his report last night he forgot to mention that Elaine was there with him. the night shift is an important one and bob and Carol and Elaine make sure that they take turns so there is always at least 2 there. Elaine has worked with raptors so her experience is much needed . And Bob and Carol give us their eyes and their knowledge also.

WEber

Well my heart stopped when Peter phoned me to have the box ready for WEber. When it was reported female down I thought territorial fight. but it was the lisle one as Peter menitoned.

so I ventured down there tonight after Clinical Science. we had already phoned Bin 104 , and aske dif they could take a peek. there was a big accident there and we could not get there rihgt away. they said our youngster was then on 3rd ledge up on building. so he flew from telephone post to the ledge. this is a good building becasue they have lots of ledges.

When I got there he had catwalked around to east side and we would prefer he go back to north side , away frown traffic. he complied.. I am constantly amazed by these raptors. The adult male came flying onto to ledge beside youngster and then buzzed him to make him fly. Out he went north and then turned around , with me shouting, up , up, and he made it to the 5th floor. You can tell he is not quite ready yet ,as he was powering out. He is only 38 days old. The adult male flew under him and then beside him all the way to the ledge. A bit later he buzzed him again but the youngster was not going this time.

I stayed 2.5 hours and would liked to have stayed longer but my pooches needed fed and shrubs watered and I have another along day tomorrow.

so left the youngster 5 stories up from top of parkade and the adult male 2 stories above him.

We will check tomorrow and the people at Bin 104 will check also.

Another relatively quiet evening at the UofA. Junior stayed on top of the netting on the scaffold most of the time. He occasionally flapped his wings, jumped from one corner of the scaffold to another and jumped on and off the nestbox. Radisson and Chase were out of sight for most of the evening, but they did some occasional flypasts. Junior snacked on some food that was sitting on the netting for a bit. The parents came and hung out at the CSB and Maz buildings for awhile. Then they took off and rode the thermals for a bit. They soared so high above the buildings that we lost sight of them for awhile. Then they dove down rapidly and alit on College Plaza where one of them proceeded to prepare what could have been a late night snack for Junior. We did not stay long enough to find out. The alarm is set for 6:am so Carol and I can head off to work. Peter stayed a little longer to finish this shift. We'll be back on Friday evening.

I should have added that Junior's hops involve a bit of winged air time. He'd probably learn a bit faster if he dropped down to the roof below the next box on which the scaffolding is placed. He'd have much more room to practice short flights before making his first big leap.

storm has moved in . thunder , lightening , rain. It will still be hot later but this one at clinical has stayed on wrung and is soaking.

Hope one at Weber is O.K. on ledge.

Bob reported on what went on last night. After they left it was much of the same. The young one then parked himself on the outside wrung and pretty well stayed there. Mom was on Maz and Chase was on CP. The youngster did not get a feed last night. I think the adults wanted him to be good and hungry so he would fly today.

Well guess what. After a rain soaked night in which the youngster seemed to stay outside during the downpour (and I mean downpour, just look at the news from Edmonton and see the flooded freeways), Bev went down there this morning and Radison flew by with food and onto the Maz. The youngster, who is still dripping wet, took off and just about made it to the top of Maz, but couldn't hang on and slid down to the second level. There he stayed on the roof for about and hour before Radison finally brought him some food. I hope he stays there for awhile and dries off as it must be hard for him to fly soaking wet.

So we have our two youngsters, Weber and U of A, both flying within a day of each other. This is going to be a busy week or two. Hopefully all goes well and we don't have to do any more rescues.

By the way, I am getting old and do forget things. A very important thing is mentioning all the volunteers that are helping us at the site. I apologize if I don't mention you all in my reports, but as you all know, I am old and forgetful. Not an excuse but I do thank you all and you all deserve recognition for the work that you do.

Bev is still down at the site and will call in if there are further developments. Will also try and get to the Weber later today. My boss has been pretty good about me disappearing but I don't know how long that will last, or how much he will put up with.

Cheers for Now

When I checked the cam this morning and didn't see him, I wondered if he had flown or was just hiding again. Glad he is safe.

Peter, bring your boss along with you.