FALCON FLASH
Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio
May 24, 2012
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If you have been watching the FalconCam archives, you know Uno is out of the nest a lot lately. She is up bright and early every morning and goes out walking.
Volunteer nest monitor, Mr. Scott Wright, visited the nest recently and reports Uno is now walking all over the ledge. In this picture Mr. Wright says she was flapping and running as she left for a walk down the ledge.
Volunteer nest monitor, Mr. Scott Wright, visited the nest and saw her out walking on the skyscraper’s ledge.
At this stage in her life Uno is a flapping machine! She flaps, hops, walks and runs to exercise her muscles, because she is getting ready to fly soon. Mr. Wright reports that she is less than 2 weeks from taking her first flight which is called a fledge. Since she is a female, she will fly later than a male fledgling, because she is larger and heavier than a male her age would be. She may be even heavier than many female fledglings, since she has no competition from brothers or sisters for food.
Of course, you’ve noticed the big change in Uno’s appearance as she loses more and more down. She looks kind of funny now with little bits of down here and there and down “pants”……….
And how about her down “Mohawk”?
While Mr. Wright watched, she walked way down the ledge.
She is curious about things she finds along the way.
Both SW and Boomer are away and hunting much of the time, but one or the other stays close and watches over their daughter. This is SW.
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