Sunday - December 30, 2018

M stayed on the nest over night; M does a few crop drops 7:13:35; D flies toward the nest 7:38:53 & in BSD 7:38:56; M starts fluffing the fluff 7:39:07 & D helps 7:39:37; IR light off 7:41:08; D rouses 7:43:01; D to LB 7:45:21 & out 7:45:57; M stands quietly, knee-deep in fluff for a long time, finally shows interest in something & looks around 9:03:56; M out BSD 9:04:54, dragging some fluff to the edge of the nest; D in FD w/UFO (furry, footed, bare-tailed mangled mess) 10:29:09; M lands on LB with a squee 10:29:56, hops to nest to claim her breakfast 10:30:13; D starts pulling up big piles of fluff & rearranging it 10:30:17; M starts eating 10:31:02; D rouses 10:31:54; D out BSD 10:33:00; M tries to gobble down the pelt 10:59:48 but can't; she tries again 11:00:04 & gets it down this time; M out BSD 11:02:52; D in BSD w/mangled fowl (coot?) 11:38:13; D nibbles on the food 11:39:04 but backs away instead of eating it; D out BSD 11:40:12; D in FD w/fluff 11:54:55; D to LB 11:57:56 &  out 11:58:15; D lands on LB 12:22:31, hops to nest as M comes in under LB w/fluff 12:22:34; M drags the food to the edge of the nest & starts eating 12:23:23; D to RB 12:28:40 & out 12:29:08; M out BSD 12:42:30; M in FD w/greenery (small pine stick) 12:53:25; D in FD 12:53:59; M nibbles a bit on nestovers & D digs in the fluff; D to LB 1:01:52 & out 1:02:02; D circles around behind nest tree 1:31:26, D in FD w/big twiggy stick 1:31:58; D places stick on M, hitting her with it as he tries to move it 1:32:09; M tries to take the stick 1:32:20, D gets it back 1:32:23 & moves it to the front of the nest; M backs up onto right rail to get out of his way 1:32:53 & she bites on Twiggy while she's there; D puts a stick on M's tail 1:34:23, then picks it up & circles trying to find the right spot 1:34:36 (bumping into M in the process); D moves over to check out the nestovers 1:37:08, takes a few nibbles 1:37:30; M beaks D's beak 1:39:05; D's turn to work on Twiggy 1:40:40 (bumping into M again); M raises her left foot & has to flap her wings to keep her balance since a talon is stuck in the rail 1:48:00, M moves to the back of nest to tweak the fluff 1:48:38 as D works on sticks at the front rail; D goes over to where M is to move a stick 1:49:15, M nips him 1:49:22 (nest doesn't seem to be big enough for both of them when D is in renovation mode, lol); D moves back over to where M is 1:50:40 to work on the fluff, he finds a bite to eat 1:51:20 & M stares at him; D finds another crumb & moves it to the pantry 1:51:53; D flies out BD 1:53:05; M out BSD 2:16:09; D flies toward nest 2:37:44 & in BD w/big stick 2:37:47; M in FD w/stick 2:40:42; M finally places her stick left front 2:41:07; D grabs M's stick 2:41:36 and places it on right rail 2:41:44; D aerates bole 2:43:13; D walks onto Y-nook 2:49:46; hops onto LB facing toward back of nest 2:50:07; and out 2:50:24; M watches area for a while then moves toward bole 3:13:44; fluffs it up 3:14:24; semi lays down and pulls fluff around herself 3:14:45; M gets more comfortable and lays down 3:16:09; M gets up 3:50:00, preens her chest feathers 3:56:25; she stretches 4:11:54; M grabs coot wing and begins eating 4:42:24; M hops to LB 4:52:03; and out 4:52:10; gunshots 5:40:55 & 5:41:07; E flies by on right side heading to a tree behind the nest 5:52:20; different E heads the same way 5:52:42; Fly-by behind nest 5:54:17; M in FD 5:54:28; fluffs bole 5:54:41; IR light comes on 5:57:22; Cam 1 reset 5:58pm; M lays down 6:41:32; Rocky climbs over the left rail 7:10:13, boldly jumps onto the nest while M is snuggled in the bole 7:10:17, M jumps up and wingslaps 7:10:19 & 7:10:21 causing Rocky to hop to the back of the Cam 2 branch, then he vacates the area 7:10:24 as M performs a few more half-hearted wingslaps.