EARLY
MORN: M up 2:29:18am, stretches wings, preens, then rolls/fluffs 2:31:46; M
backs away from eggs 2:31:57 & steadies herself for repositioning, she
rolls/fluffs 2:32:38 and snuggles down 2:33:24; M up egg duty 3:38:30 &
4:56:32; preens 5:54:50, does a little fluffing before tucking head to sleep
5:56:57. MORN: M gets up 6:43:23, preens, calls out to D 6:44:36 then chirps
6:44:39; M stretches her left wing then calls out & chirps for D 6:44:45;
quick fluff, shakes head, quick preen then snuggles down 6:45:39. S/C #1 M
squees as D flies in BSD 7:23:57; M talks softly to D before getting up
7:24:35; M hops to LB 7:25:01 & out 7:25:16; D rolls/fluffs 7:25:24,
shimmies down 7:26:13; D back up 7:26:29, repositions & fluffs, shimmies
back down 7:27:02; IR light off 7:37:27; D repositions for egg duty 7:44:34; D
shakes his head 7:56:25 & gets up for egg duty 7:56:28; D gets up 10:09:32;
shakes off the rain 10:09:37; rolls eggs 10:09:48; snuggles onto eggs 10:10:19.
Ground report from Bel: “10:30 AM mom lands on her favorite perch. It was
drizzling, now it’s raining.” S/C #2 - M in FD 11:19:54; M gets updates from D
11:19:58; D gets up 11:20:06; flaps wings ending up on Y nook 11:20:10; more
vocalization then he hops onto LB facing the nest then turns around still
flapping wings 11:20:25; D out 11:20:31; Ground report from BEL: “dad flew to
the fav perch that mom just left; M hops toward eggs 11:20:33; she rolls eggs
11:20:58; M settles onto eggs 11:22:45; Ground report from BEL: “I looked down
and then back up and dad has left. Flew out around 11:30 when I blinked, lol.” M
starts vocalizing 12:45:13; D in BSD w/coot foot 12:45:27; M says thank you but
wants to know where the rest of it is; D feeds M a bite 12:46:00; D rouses
12:46:14; M grabs the coot foot as D hops to LB 12:46:46; M swallows offering
whole 12:46:55; gulp; then gets up; D out 12:47:02; M shakes off rain 12:47:08;
rolls eggs 12:47:28; shakes head again 12:47:44; another roll then aerates
12:47:51; Shake 12:48:30; egg roll (not Chinese) 12:48:40; wiggles onto eggs
12:49:16; M shakes head 1:04:21; checks eggs and repositions 1:04:44; Ground
report from Bel: “I’m back from lunch, a few minutes after 2 o’clock. Dad is
perched in the bird studio, the dead tree by the fence near their favorite
perch.” Ground report from Bel: "Dad was still on his perch when I left
just after 3:00pm." Cam 1 reset 3:21:05. M hasn’t moved since 1:04pm; M
still hasn’t moved as of 6:08:00pm; a very soggy M shakes the rain from her
head 6:08:48 & again 6:11:35; IR light on 6:12:10; M finally gets up
6:12:15; rouses & shakes her head good 6:12:28; M rolls/fluffs 6:12:48, she
shimmies down 6:14:52; M rouses 6:15:55 & gets up again to roll/fluff
6:16:03, rouses 6:16:54 & continues to fluff; M flaps her wings several
times to shed the rain 6:17:47, rouses 6:18:40 & shimmies down 6:18:55; she
shakes her head 7:03:09, preens & keeps her head tucked for some rest
7:03:18. M preens 9:44:41 & gets up 9:45:04, preens under her right wing &
chest 9:45:11, rouses 9:46:17 then more preening; M repositions slowly then
rolls/fluffs 9:46:54; M face-plants as she shimmies down 9:48:12; M up for egg
duty 10:47:19pm; as of mid-night, M’s head is tucked & she’s resting
comfortably.
