It's going to be 38c with the humidex today so the watchers will have a tough day and the sun is shining to boot so hopefully everyone stays hydrated.  I expect the heat may keep Harlie from flying too much this afternoon.

I was going to call him earlier but thought to myself..what if he's trying to sleep in this morning and someone else is on site for the early shift.  Didn't want to be the person that woke him up..   So I waited for a reasonable hour and I was worried too to be honest 

Harlie is doing really well!!  I just called Bruce and he's at the site!!  He's had problems trying to access CPF to post so that's why no report this morning.

Harlie is currently on top of the nest building.  She's made half a dozen good strong flights since yesterday, had a bit of trouble with one landing at the start and slipped down a floor but since then she's doing well and staying high.  Bruce says she knows her limitations and is being careful.  She hasn't flown to the top of the Harlequin building yet which he says is the highest building in the area.

But all is well so far!!  

Poor little guy, stoopid windows 

A couple of years ago in Edmonton when Radisson displaced the resident female there, she laid eggs late, although their season is about a month behind ours already due to climate differences.   She only laid 2 eggs, 1 hatched at the very end of June and she fledged on August 10th.  So essentially she had about 3 weeks to learn to fly and hunt and then migrated so if these are new eggs and they are viable..no reason they can't hatch even at this late date.

Wow!  Hoping for the best outcome here 

Fly safely little one, you sure brought us all alot of joy and smiles over the past few weeks! 

Good grief, even if they moved the nest they should have stayed to ensure the young were getting fed just in case they have to move them back.  They moved some chicks in Manitoba week before last for  safety reasons but they monitored to ensure the parents would feed them and were prepared to move them back if not.  Please keep us posted.

One of the ladies (trumpetmom) on one of the panda blogs I frequent just posed this video link.  It's about two co-joined Robins she's found and caring for and is looking for a vet who may be able to separate them.  They are joined at the wing area.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43683497#43683497

Wow..sounds like a fledge may be imminent!  Good luck Harlie!

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Very informative site, thank you for passing it on Donna! 

    Fly free little one.

Donna - when Jack first started courting TR Mom, it was during fledge season (so in June) at his main site so he already had 3 offspring.  TR Mom also had 3 but her mate Milton had been injured so she was bringing up 3 kids on her own and wasn't too excited about Jack coming around at first. She waited until her guys were flying well before she really started to get comfortable with Jack.  At that point he was spending more time here but would check in there to try and woo the other female with flight displays and 'food' gifts.

His bond with Angel was already established and strong as they've been together for several years so it's difficult to compare with Archer and Beauty - though together for a few years now, they've had various challenges that weren't experienced here.  Once the kids at both sites dispersed, Jack did spend more time with TR Mom for several months - to the point where I honestly thought he had abandoned our site however in hindsight it makes sense as he had to court TR Mom and establish a bond with her.

Last Spring he mated with both females and Angel's eggs hatched first - about 5 days prior to TR Mom's - so yes both females had successful nests the first time out in this situation.  Milton was also released about 1 week prior to eggs hatching and so Jack had a territorial battle with him and spent far more time with TR Mom than he did this year during the critical period when he was needed here.  However this year he was here alot more and we figure that's because there was no 'Milton' waiting in the wings so he wasn't worrying about losing any territory.  The timing of hatching likely also drove his behaviour as well as our eggs hatched a good week before his other site.

Now since our kids fledged I've barely seen Jack the past week and he's spending more time with TR Mom and their lone juvie.   I think it's really a 'fluid' situation and really depends on what is happening at each site that drives Jack's behaviour as it doesn't seem to be consistent. In other words we can't predict what he's going to do anymore.  Both of his mates are also several years older than both B & U so he is dealing with two mature females that have established sites and routines whereas in your case, you have Beauty who has some experience and Unity who is likely all over the map with hormones this year due to her young age so it's really a learning experience for everyone.

I think Joyce's assessment below is spot on regarding where Beauty and Unity are in the process. 

And only 49,000 posts were about cats.

    Congratulations! 

Thank you everyone for all your kind words about Jupiter and your support.  I love to read the Outside My Window blog alot (home of your Beauty'iful' one as Kate always has such interesting and informative articles so I thought I'd post the link to this latest blog as it states that 'windows are the biggest killer of birds' but here's the shocking part - I think we all knew alot of birds died from hitting windows but this number is unbelievable

According to what Kate says:  "Up to 2.7 million birds per day are killed by windows in the U.S. "  That's a shocking statistic and makes me wonder, given the decline of so many species, in 20 years will all thos people sitting in their glass towers lament as to why there are no longer any birds flying by?!   

http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/