Thursday - December 13, 2018

M stayed on the nest overnight; M is still laying down when D lands on LB 7:17:07am; D walks down to nest 7:18:02; D moves a stick 7:19:21; D gently steps on M's tail 7:20:07 as if to tell her to get up; M stands & briefly stretches 7:20:09, D starts fluffing the fluff; M out BSD 7:22:44; IR light off 7:27:02; D out BD 7:30:16; D in BSD w/stick 7:37:44, circles around to find the right place for it; D has round w/Twiggy 7:39:52; D to LB 7:59:15 & out 7:59:39; D in to LB 8:03:40, to nest 8:04:30; D immediately goes to the bole, shakes his tail feathers as he shimmies down & kicks up fluff 8:04:36, then he stands & aerates 8:04:43; D lays down 8:06:30; after pulling fluff around him, D gets up 8:07:57; M in FD 8:09:53; both aerate; D out BD 8:16:12; M preens 8:16:38; D approaches nest 8:24:23, lands w/stick 8:24:26; M takes it, but D takes an end, too 8:24:38 & gets it from M to place in front 8:24:52; finished with that task, D moves a small stick & pinecone 8:25:40 then heads to Twiggy 8:26:16; D out BD 8:29:46; M peers through the trees & watches for D 8:33:25, she calls out 8:33:34; D in BD w/fluff 8:33:37 & M says, “Good job, honey!” D out BSD 8:39:48; Cam 1 reset 8:44:56; M preens 8:58:18; M still alone on nest 9:06:00; D in FD w/stick 9:15:01; finds a place for it then adjusts front rail 9:16:29; D rouses 9:18:28; M turns around flapping wings to help 9:19:38; both digs in nest 9:20:40; Twiggy time 9:22:15; D to LB 9:32:54 and out 9:33:00; M out BSD 9:45:49; D in BSD w/fluff 11:12:25; Does some stick management 11:13:32; moves stick from left to right 11:14:15; lays in bole kicking feet to make it more comfy 11:24:47; gets up to dig and turn 11:25:13; back down kicking again the other direction 11:25:28; gets up 11:25:48; then down again after adjusting a pine cone 11:26:02; up again 11:32:05; D rouses 11:42:52; D out BSD 11:43:15; You can hear him approaching as D comes in FD w/big fish 12:30:26pm and alerts; something must of followed him; He calls for M every so often then alerts 12:48:52; M leaves her spot in trees behind nest, upper right 12:49:34; M in to LB alerting 12:49:43; D starts nibbling on fish 12:50:35; M hops to nest 1:03:42; claims fish as D moves away 1:03:46; D works in bole 1:04:18; D rouses 1:07:32; D moves to nibble at a piece of wayward fish 1:11:44; last piece of fish drops between the rails as M moves 1:13:22; D, intently watching something, darts out FD over RB 1:16:49; M follows going over LB 1:16:53; D in LB/nest 1:48:39; finds leftover fish in rail and begins eating 1:48:50;  he looks around for a bit then goes out BSD 1:54:24; D in LB 2:51:29; calls out 2:54:23; hops to nest 2:54:34; adjusts area around bole 2:55:29; D hops to RB 3:00:27 & out 3:00:47; M approaches nest 5:16:09, enters nest w/stick via BSD 5:16:11, She places stick by the cam2 branch 5:16:17; digs in bole 5:16:32; Finds a morsel to eat by left rail 5:22:01; moves a stick from bole 5:26:14; fluffs bole 5:46:56; M out BSD 5:50:00; IR light comes on 5:50:59. Rocky comes up nest on left side & scampers over to the 9’oclock branch, then to nest 8:00:26 where he finds plenty of morsels to nibble on; Rocky goes down the left side of nest 8:21:11 then back to nest 8:21:14pm for more nibbles.