The Parent Trap - Day 8

Staying at the Hotel was great, wonderful sleep number beds and it really did only take 10 minutes to get to/from the roof rather than a 45 minutes. The weather had turned surprisingly cold however, with the north wind blowing a great deal harder on the thirtieth floor than at street level and that meant that it was whipping around the nestbox. The chicks had tucked themselves up in the corner and had no real interest in "untucking" themselves for their meal. So the chicks came and joined me in my room until their next mealtime. When 4 am arrived, it didn't take long on the roof to know that it was still too cold for the chicks to go back in the box so back we went to my room and we all went back to sleep. The rest of the day wasn't much better and the forecast for the evening was for even cooler weather. (I found out that Phil at Upsandowns Birds where our chicks came from had also had to bring in their younger chicks when their temps dipped below 10 degrees as well!). Since neither Trey nor Princess had expressed any interested in the chicks, it was time to make plans for their flight home. So I packed up the chicks and my toothbrush and headed Home. First on the agenda was to arrange for an export permit from Manitoba and an import permit for Alberta. Next the chicks had a visit to a local vet to get a veterinary certificate for their return trip. Finally, an airline ticket. I started the process at 9 am and finally had everything in place by 5:10 pm. A long, hectic day with much accomplished but also a sad day in that the chicks' visit is definitely over now.