Thursday - November 22, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving!:  IR light off 7:00:29am; D in BSD w/stick 7:08:32; M flies by on right side 7:08:43, lands on LB 7:08:51, hops to nest 7:09:17; both dig in the nest 7:09:40; D bites at "Twiggy" 7:12:10, puts more effort into it 7:12:30 (still no luck moving it), gives up 7:14:03; M out FD 7:18:18, D out FD 7:18:23; D flies low behind nest 7:34:02, then flies in FD w/fluff 7:34:12; D rearranges sticks on back rail 7:37:08; moves stick to front rail 7:39:35, finding the right place for it 7:40:18; D out BSD 7:48:11; D flies behind nest, low to the ground 7:55:35, D in FD w/stick 7:55:49; D lays down 8:05:35 & pulls at fluff; D stands up to move some sticks; 8:08:16; D preens 8:29:15; D lays down, kicking his feet to get snuggled in 8:30:20; D gets up 9:06:57 & digs in bole; preens 9:07:55; lays back down 9:08:18; D stands up & fluffs the fluff 9:54:23, lays back down 9:57:40; gets back up to pull some fluff closer 9:58:11; rouses 10:00:03; D to LB 10:03:41; D turns around on the LB 10:13:38 & flies off 10:14:10; M in FD 10:38:47; D in FD 10:39:31; P's track something 10:42:42, necks crane & hackles rise as they watch 10:43:24, then both alert vocally 10:44:16. [Ground Report by JaniBop: Adult eagle flew by on its way to River when they were alerting.}; both seem to relax 10:46:10; D to RB 10:49:29 & out 10:50:01; D in w/stick 10:51:38; D out BD 11:01:03; D flies by the right side 11:08:30 & then behind nest 11:08:37; D in FD w/pinecone stick 11:08:55; D poofs up 11:23:38 then rouses 11:23:49; D to LB 11:30:17; M & D quietly looks around for a while; D hops back to the nest 12:13:03pm; D works on sticks at right rail 12:15:14; Cam 2 times:  D out BD 12:22:32; M out BSD 12:24:41. Cam 1 reset 1:41pm (back to Cam 1 times): D in BD w/lots of fluff 2:22:51; D works on sticks on right rail 2:27:41, then tries to tame "Twiggy" 2:28:06; D out BSD 2:36:20. D in FD 2:40:50, he tugs on a large branch in front & moves it to the right rail 2:41:40, then to the back rail 2:41:46, then back to right rail 2:41:50, moves a pine cone then starts in on Twiggy 2:42:08; D out BSD 2:50:05. M in BSD 5:50:12, D in BSD 5:50:16; D out BSD 5:54:30, M works on Twiggy 5:55:19 (she doesn't have much luck); M scratches her head 5:57:08 then flies out BSD 5:57:55; IR light on 5:59:02pm.