Thursday - October 11, 2018

IR light off 7:37:10am. D flies behind the nest 9:22:10 before entering the FD w/fluff 9:22:27; D rouses 10:12:32; D out BSD 10:46:57. D in BSD 3:16:11pm; D to LB 3:21:47 & out 3:21:51. Grey squirrel on LB 4:10:08. Hawk lands on nest 4:18:22; hawk checks left side of nest (looking for squirrel?) 4:20:31; jumps to outer LB 4:21:16 (without the approach cam, can't tell if it flew off). Hawk back to nest 4:46:10, hawk hopped around a bit, dug in the nest & moved a branch, hawk flies out FD 4:59:48. Beautiful BD fly-in by M at 6:11:35 with D right on her heels, swerves & comes in under the back right branch 6:11:36; both work to move the sticks the hawk had piled in the center of the nest (cam freezes at times) 6:11:42; D rouses 6:16:04; D to RB 6:17:07; M starts moving fluff, so D jumps back in the nest 6:17:53; D to LB 6:33:15 & out 6:33:45; D in BD w/stick (beautiful fly-in) 6:38:57; D out BSD 6:49:30; M squees softly as D flies in BD w/stick 6:52:21, D gets snippy several times when M tries to help; D moves the stick 6:53:10 & M grabs it, it ends up on her back, then they both work on it 6:54:00 at the FD; after taking a break, D starts tucking & trimming the stick 7:07:25; after getting hit by the stick a few times, M decides to help 7:08:12; D out BD 7:25:50; M out BSD 7:28:05. IR light on 7:38:44pm.