Fledge Watch – Carol Phillips, June 25, 2007 – 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
We had a bit of a scare today. It was thought that one of the fledglings had fallen down the smoke stack early that morning.
At noon a group of us, including Shaky, Carrie, Barb, Jim P, Lucy and Larrry O, stood outside the fence surrounding the BeeBee Station. Every now and then we could hear a very faint whiny/kakky sound. But it was almost impossible to tell if it was coming from below ground at the bottom of the middle stack (the same one Rhea Mae had fallen down last year), or whether it was an echo from the fledglings on the tower. The Watchers on duty that morning could only confirm seeing three fledglings during their watches.
I decided to start my next watch at 4:00 p.m. I met Brian H and Dawn at the Kodak Visitor’s lot. Brian happily told me that all four fledglings were safely on the Kodak Tower. I couldn’t believe it! That was wonderful news.
So, did one of the girls go down the center stack? Did she make it out quickly on her own when no one was around? I guess we’ll never know.
The evening watch was glorious. But that’s another story to be told by another Watcher.
