A new update from Donna Daniel on the blog today. Here is the part of the update which relates to Blaze:
Blaze remains in rehab. She is doing quite well and has recovered from the keel issue and is now fully capable of flight. At least on paper, she is ready to be released. But timing is everything in these cases and unfortunately, timing is not good for Blaze. The quandary is, when she was grounded and taken in for evaluation, she had not yet learned to hunt on her own. She has been gone from the territory for an extended length of time during a key period in the nesting cycle (when the juveniles become independent of the adults) that there is a definite concern with releasing her back in the downtown area. As mentioned above, Durand and Spark have shifted gears from raising youngsters to bonding with each other and the site so they probably would no longer provide food for Blaze. In fact, there is the possibility that they might even consider her an intruder into the territory and could be aggressive towards her, were she to be released back in Columbus, especially at or near the nest site.
So, for now she remains in limbo while we evaluate all the options for release. We'll continue to post here as the outcome is determined.
It is great news that Blaze is able to fly again. It is also good that all options are being taken into consideration before she is released.
Well, that's what happened with Jemison so he was released in the fall in Montezuma. We can only hope she does well...
[And I still personally believe it was him who stopped by the nestbox after Orion fledged in 2012. Just sayin']
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