A TOUGH WEEK FOR FALCON WATCHERS ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO.
While Ghent at the Lift Bridge is doing well, and our Fledge
Watch winds down, the news is not as good at other sites around Southern
Ontario. I have lost count of the number of rescues that have been made this week, but there have been many.
It has been a devastating week for watchers. In Etobicoke, during the storm on Tuesday, Little Heaton was
blown from the nest ledge and was found lifeless on the street. Pierre, hit the glass windows and died
instantly. As of this morning Skyla and
Sunni are missing.
In Kitchener, Soleil and Pippin hit the glass windows and died
instantly. Merry and Helia are still
being watched closely.
Keeping my fingers crossed that there will be no more tragedies
over the next few days as several sites are just starting their watches. It is heart stopping as you watch the first flights unfold. The little ones are clumsy and awkward and do not know how to put on the brakes. When they leave the nest have no idea what is ahead of them. They do not recognize the glass windows. All they see is the sky reflected and they think it is open sky.
RIP little ones and fly high and free.
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