Sunday - January 20, 2019
EARLY
MORN: M sleeping w/head tucked 5:00:00am. M gets up 5:25:32 for egg duty,
shimmies down 5:27:14; she tucks her head 5:50:29. MORN: M still resting
6:00:00 despite the cold & wind; M up 6:49:31 for egg duty, repositions
& snuggles down 6:51:59; M calls out softly 7:15:44; M up 7:26:18 w/a
squee, spreads her wings & flaps to steady herself 7:26:27 & squees
loudly, she moves away from eggs on right talon & spreads her wings for
balance; squees 7:27:03; M slowly moves back to her eggs 7:27:20, rolls eggs,
squees, rolls eggs, fluffs 7:27:46 & shimmies down 7:28:34 squeeing the
whole time; chirps 7:29:30 & squees 7:29:36. S/C #1 – D in SD 7:29:41; M
tells him, “It’s about time!” as she gets up 7:29:48; M to LB 7:29:54 & out
7:30:00. Ground report per Bel: “After the 7:30-ish shift change, mom flew over
to her favorite perch; after about two minutes, she flew off low over the
college buildings toward garden lakes.” D egg duty 7:30:07, snuggles down
7:30:26; D up for egg duty 7:38:40; IR light off 7:39:17. Ground report per
Bel: “Just before 8 o’clock, mom flew across Garden Lake. Seemed to be scoping
it out, but she continued on and I lost her when she disappeared behind a tree.”
D egg duty 8:10:19, 8:11:48 & 8:14:56. Ground Report per Bel (circa 8:35):
“I went for a walk around the lake, and mom was perched in a back tree. After
a few minutes, she took a flight across the lake and then headed inland to
perch somewhere where I can’t see her.” D up 9:23:12, repositions &
rolls/fluffs, snuggles down 9:23:28; D up again 9:24:16 for a quick roll/fluff.
At 9:45, Bel reports that, “Mom is on her favorite perch.” D up 10:17:02 for
egg duty. S/C #2 - D up 10:33:50, flaps his wings as M lands on back rail
10:33:59 & hops to LB 10:34:00 flapping his wings & vocalizing, he
flies out FD 10:34:08. Ground Report per Bel: “Mom stayed on her favorite
perch, when she left, she circled around back behind the trees to grab a branch
to come in at shift change. That was around 10:30? When dad left, he came out
to their favorite perch, stayed about two minutes, then flew out toward the
quarry or Garden Lakes.” After making her way slowly to the eggs using her
wings for balance, M rolls/fluffs 10:35:11, snuggles down 10:37:12, but gets
right back up for another roll & some beak-plowing 10:37:21, she shimmies
down 10:38:59; M preens 11:16:57; M up 11:17:23 for egg duty; M searches the
sky & turns her head up 11:34:00, calls out & chatters big-time for the
next minute; M gets up 11:35:40 still chirping & carrying on (she looks
& sounds agitated). D lands on LB 11:36:36 & he joins M with the vocals.
Ground Report per Bel: “Had a juvenile that was circling and hovering over the
nest. As it started to circle away dad came in and landed on the tree next to
the approach cam pole. When the juvie circled back toward the nest tree, dad
flew over and landed on the left branch. After another circle, the juvie seemed
to have left the area, flying out over the entrance road and beyond the trees.”
M rolls/fluffs 11:37:46; M & D vocal again 11:39:23; D out FD 11:48:26; M
squees & gets up 11:48:52 for egg duty. Ground Report per Bel: “Dad is
currently perched in a tree to the left of the nest tree, partly hidden behind
a lot of small sticks.” S/C #3 - M up 12:09:48, she flies out the BSD 12:10:06;
D in BSD 12:10:48. Ground Report per Bel – “12:10 PM dad flew off, across the
entrance road. Dad circled back around while I was at the Krannert building.
Mom and Dad both circled for a minute per BEP, then Dad went to the nest and
Mom went to favorite perch. M flew off across the entrance road around 12:25
PM.” D rolls eggs 12:11:11; shimmies onto eggs 12:11:25; up for fluff/roll
12:13:20, 12:49:20, 1:06:49, 1:09:20; S/C #4 - M in BSD w/fluff 1:15:44; D
vocalizes 1:15:49; he gets up 1:15:54; D to LB 1:16:05; vocalizes some more
then out 1:16:20; M carefully makes her way to bole to roll eggs 1:17:41; after
several fluffs and rolls, she pulls some fluff around herself 1:20:32; wiggles
onto eggs 1:20:48; not quite comfy, M gets up to change position 1:21:01;
fluff/roll 1:52:18; M gets up 2:50:15; flaps wings for balance 2:50:26; using
wings, she hops to back of nest 2:50:47; vocalizes 2:50:52; M out BSD 2:50:55;
M in BD 2:51:17; she rolls eggs 2:51:43; wiggles onto eggs 2:53:12; M alerts
2:53:31; gets up 2:53:48; shadow of approaching bird 2:53:47; S/C #5 - D lands
on 11 O'clock branch out of sight ?
2:53:51; M out FD 2:53:55 as D vocalizes; D hops to nest 2:54:08; rolls
eggs 2:54:30; rocks onto eggs 2:54:41; D gets up for a fluff/roll 3:13:31; Cam
1 reset 4:26pm; D up for fluff/roll 4:41:17; D gets up 4:51:21; vocalizes
4:51:26. S/C #6 - M flies by left side of nest 4:51:33; D out BSD 4:51:42; M
flies by again 4:51:48; Ground report per BEL: “Mom teased dad by flying around
the nest. He came out and they flew together a couple of times in a circle.
Then she went in and he went toward GL,” M in FD 4:52:02; vocalizes 4:52:05;
she carefully rolls eggs 4:52:47; snuggles down 4:54:40; M up for roll/fluff n
stuff 5:33:19, 5:55:10; IR light comes on 6:24:35pm.