The male has fleged. :-)) js

Jane Stewart
Librarian
Bogle & Gates
Two Union Square
601 Union Street
Seattle, WA 98101-2346
Phone 206-682-5151
Fax 206-621-2660


On Sun, 11 Jun 1995, Ellen Blackstone wrote:

> Inportant phone numbers: for sightings: 517-7363; emergencies: 684-4013
>
> Babies no more! Some observers thought the young male/tiercel might go
> today, but he did not. Tomorrow.. Tuesday? Falcon Research Group
> observers and lots of downtown watchers will try to watch where the birds
> land in their clumsy flights. Last year, the young tiercel flew 7 times
> the first day he was out. The young female/falcon landed on a nearby
> rooftop in her first flight, was flushed by a sunbather headed for that
> same rooftop, and was then "lost" to observers for nearly 24 hours.
>
> The concern--besides windows, about which we can do nothing-- is that
> they will drop down chimneys or into crevices between buildings and not
> be able to get out. Or they could drop down to street level, get tucked
> into a doorway or something, and then get flushed out into traffic.
>
> Keep in mind the Hotline number: 517-7363. When the birds fledge, the
> Hotline-Keeper will be checking the hotline several times a day. FRG
> folks are fairly well trained in how to capture a bird that's been
> injured or downed in some way. Call the hotline, and keep the bird cornered
> so it can't fly into the street. Notify the zoo at 684-4013, too, since
> any downed bird will probably be taken to the raptor center there.
>
> Again--if you or any of your friends have good vantage points of downtown
> building rooftops or ledges, watch out for these birds. They're gonna do
> what they're gonna do, but if they injure themselves or get stranded,
> there are a few things which we might do to help. Here we go again!
>
> Ellen Blackstone \HIV vaccine research by trade
> 8203 - 38th NE \Nature-lover for fun
> Seattle, WA 98115
> Day:206/621-4179 \\Aldo Leopold said: The first rule of tinkering
> Eve:206/522-8099 is to save all the parts.
>
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