Good Morning! Last night saw the end of our 2004 Falcon Watch. We have have had a resounding success with our chicklets. Senator and Zanar are proving to be superb flyers and are now participating in lessons provided by their parents. We have already seen some while still doing the Watch.
For the first time, my daily summaries were published in the Ottawa Citizen, to the delight of the public, not to mention ourselves! Senator had to be rescued only once and, although slow to "restart" her flights, had shown great recovery skills and flying abilities. She was the more vocal of the pair...... Zanar never needed rescuing and showed from the very moment she left the nest ledge that she was delighted with the freedom and fun her wings gave her! It would seem that installing tiny Canadian flags over much of the CD Howe Building gave our chicklets good luck! I will be putting a Final Report together over the next few weeks and it will be posted on the Ottawa Field Naturalists Club web site and that of the Canadian Peregrine Foundation. Cheers, Eve -- Eve Ticknor OFNC Falcon Watch Co-ordinator 38-9 Gillespie Cres Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 9T5 Canada 1-613-859-9545, 1-613-737-7551 http://www.ofnc.ca/birding.htm "In nature, all things are possible. To embrace nature is to hear the voice of our soul."
