Fledge Watch – Jim Pisello, June 20 12:00 – 1:00PM
Not much activity to report for the hour. Mariah and Kaver did some flying, trying to coax the eyases off the building, but there were no takers. Thick cumulus clouds obscured the sun much of the time and stiff winds kept the weather unexpectedly cool. These are not the best conditions for fledging flights– the eyases will have little enough control when they fly, and strong gusts could prove dangerous.
There was some wing flapping from the trio in the playpen, but not the level of activity that we’d associate with birds on the verge of fledging.
Sabrina fledged on June 19, 2006, so we’re a day past last year’s first fledge. Sabrina was especially adventurous though, and probably a male to boot, so it’s not too surprising that none of this year’s brood have gone yet. Last year, Aura and Rhea Mae fledged on June 23, so I’m guessing we’ll see a flight from one or another of this year’s juvenile falcons in a few days.
