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| Adult Intruder on back branch. |
Adult
eagle spent the night on the back-left (11 o'clock) branch; Eagles heard
chattering nearby (M & D ?) 6:53:34 & 6:54:38am;
IR light off 6:54:56; P (D?) leaves perch on a back tree (behind Cam 2 branch)
6:56:20; D leaves back-tree perch 6:56:23; Juvie leaves from same area &
then M seen moving & taking off 6:56:23; both P's chase Juvie 6:56:25;
Adult intruder on 11-o'clock branch watches the action 6:56:31; Intruder PS's
6:57:23; M flies by behind nest 6:59:31 and comes in BSD 6:59:34; M starts
alerting 6:59:38; another eagle alerts (D sounds like he may also be on nest
tree) 6:59:45, adult intruder on back branch appears unfazed; M vocal again
7:02:10 & D joins in; D hops from LB to the nest 7:04:37 & both P's
vocal; M flies at intruder on back branch & chases it off 7:05:00, D stays
on the nest and watches the action; M lands on LB 7:10:33 & hops to nest
7:11:10; M out FD 7:17:08; D rouses 7:18:01 then hops to RB 7:18:03; D flies
off 7:18:39; D in FD w/fluff 8:21:18; D to RB 8:24:34; out 8:24:59; D in BD
w/branch 8:26:55; Branch is stuck over back rail so D tugs 8:28:05; gets it
free 8:28:17; After doing some nestorations, he takes a break and lays in bole
8:39:48; shapes it a bit then gets up 8:39:57; D to LB/out 8:43:05; M in FD
8:45:35; Cam reset 8:46am…M on the nest at reset; D in FD w/fluff & stick
8:48:14, both start working on fluffing & trimming sticks; M tugs on big
stick at left rail 8:53:10 as D works on right rail; D to LB 9:09:58 & out
9:10:06; D flies in BD w/big forked stick 9:10:38; once satisfied with his
stick placement, D moves over to resume working on wonky stick at right rail
9:15:16; D rouses 9:21:48; D to LB 9:22:13 & out 9:22:41; another beautiful
fly-in the BD by D w/stick 9:24:40; D lays in bole 9:30:30; gets up 9:31:10; D
to LB 9:41:41 & out 9:42:00; D flies in BD w/stick 9:45:30; D to LB 9:49:13
& out 9:50:17; D in BSD w/big stick 9:52:48; D rouses 10:03:38; D does some
more nestorations then hops to
the RB 10:25:14; M gets her foot stuck for a sec then digs in bole 10:25:21; D
out 10:26:00; D in FD w/fluff 10:28:32; D to RB 10:44:22 and out 10:45:25; M to
LB/out 10:45:48. D in BSD 5:17:15; M in
BSD 5:17:26; Both dig in the bole; D works on the wonky stick 5:22:29; D goes
back to the bole as M watches the area 5:23:39; D works on left rail 5:24:16; M
stumbles her way to the front 5:24:45; D lays in bole 5:27:02; gets up to work
on wonky stick again 5:28:08; M moves toward BSD 5:29:06; M out BSD 5:29:18; M
starts alerting 5:36:59; D starts alerting 5:37:06; D out BSD 5:37:31;
Different call.. maybe juvie 5:38:50 as M & D still alert; Coyotes start
howling 5:45:09; They really start howling and sound closer 5:46:54; All is
quiet as the IR comes on 6:01:21. Ground Report from BerryEaglPhotog on Cam 1
Chat: Don’t know how much you can hear but juvie is with them in the trees
behind nest. Mom not happy. Think there is probably a dead deer now. Could hear
them not see them. But when they stop whining usually not good. Rocky bops around the nest 8:00:55-8:02:41
and 8:06:06-8:06:14; P's chatter in the background 9:88:30; Rocky again
9:39:07-9:41:01pm.
