Sometime between 11pm on May 25th and sunrise on the 26th, “Atlas” the newly named CahowCam1 chick fledged.
The Nonsuch Expeditions and Cornell teams had been doing their best to track her movements by using the remote-controllable PTZ (point, tilt, zoom) SurfaceCam, as she wandered around the colony exercising and imprinting on her surroundings, however, around midnight she made her way to the far side of the colony and did not return, ultimately fledging out of view of the camera.
In past years, the Team has been fortunate enough to be able to track and film the star birds as they launch into their first flight from areas within clear view of the camera, whilst followers from around the world watched in real-time via the LiveStream. Hopefully, this will still be possible for this years’ CahowCam2 chick which is expected to fledge around June 10th, and either way the Team will be tracking the other chicks from the colony as they prepare to and ultimately fledge.
Those interested should tune in nightly, after dark to watch the Cam 3 LiveStream.