Monday - December 3, 2018

M spent the night on the nest, she was sleeping comfortably w/her head tucked at 6:00:00am; she woke up at 6:21:36 to scratch her head; M preens 6:23:43 then tucks her head for a little more rest 6:24:38, awake again for more preening 6:31:25; D in BSD 7:04:08, they both do some bole fluffing; IR light off 7:15:24; D rouses 7:23:22; D hops to LB 7:23:38 & out 7:24:22; D flies behind nest 7:37:18 & in FD w/stick 7:37:27; M to LB 7:39:01 as D bites on Twiggy; M out 7:39:32; D to LB 7:40:26 & out 7:40:33; D in BSD w/stick 7:49:41 & places it on back rail 7:50:19, then it’s Twiggy time 7:50:32; D out BSD 8:00:50. D in BD w/mangled coot(UFO) 10:00:35; starts eating 10:01:01; D stops eating as M lands on LB 10:11:27; D starts digging in nest 10:11:33; M hops to nest 10:11:38; M grabs food to pluck & eat 10:12:38;  D rouses 10:15:08 then sneezes 10:15:25; D moves log from back rail 10:15:45; Twiggy tweak 10:16:50; D walks onto right rail 10:20:23; then hops to RB 10:20:26; out 10:21:44; D in BD w/stick 10:30:40; D rouses 10:32:48; M tries to swallow a wing as D watches 10:34:15; D finds a stick near M to move 10:39:05; M takes a hop to the center of the nest 10:42:32; and helps D dig 10:42:46; D rouses again 10:45:31; D is determined to defeat Twiggy 10:45:40; D lays in bole and shapes with his feet 10:50:15; gets up to adjust some sticks 10:51:47; D steps on M's foot as he makes his way to the back 10:52:22 and their talons are together for a few;  they let go 10:52:32; D rouses 11:19:07; Both watch the area for a while; Something really has D's attention 11:40:05; D hops to the 11 o'clock branch 11:48:25; M does a PS off the back of the nest 12:11:44; D takes off from the 11 o'clock branch 12:11:46; After watching him leave, M goes out FD over LB 12:11:48; D flies by on his way to the nest 2:29:01, D in BSD w/branch 2:29:03; M in BSD w/left talon full of fluff 2:31:45; D to RB 2:38:52 & out 2:39:09; D flies by 2:43:25, D in BSD w/branch 2:43:29, D to LB 2:49:05 & out 2:49:17; D in BSD w/large forked branch which gets swiped all over M 2:52:20; bit of a stick war & beaking 2:52:44, which turns into quite a tussle 2:53:20; D finally gets it place at the right front of nest 2:55:26; D to LB 3:16:12 & out 3:16:35; D flies by again on his way to the nest 3:23:43, D in BSD 3:23:44 w/log; he totes it all over the nest & settles on leaving it on the left rail 3:25:42; D tackles Twiggy 3:26:38 & succeeds in breaking off the end at 3:27:12 YAY! D to RB 3:33:54 & out 3:34:03; M to LB 3:35:55 & out 3:35:59. Fly-by 4:46:17, D in BSD w/another big branch 4:46:18; D nibbles on leftover scraps 5:16:25; can see M flying in w/branch 5:29:59, which she drops just before reaching the nest 5:30:01 (drats!); D out BD 5:38:17; M still on nest 5:55:00; IR light on 5:55:50pm.