Thursday - January 3, 2019
Rainy
night & morning; Eagle (M?) squawking heard (prob on back tree perch)
7:19:36 & 7:39:00; IR light off 7:39:24; more E vocals (unless it's that
mimic bluejay BEP mentioned) 7:39:36, 7:56:25; 7:57:27. M in FD 10:04:52; she
squees as D flies in BD with a nice fish breakfast for her 10:05:08; M squees
in delight & pulls the fish to her 10:05:23; D busies himself
w/nestorations while M eats; D to RB 10:08:55; M tries to swallow fish tail
10:09:57 but has a hard time, she finally gets it down 10:10:41; D steps back
down to nest from RB 10:10:54 (he’d like to have a bite or two, but M says,
Ohhhh no you don’t and eats some more); D moves a pinecone 10:11:52 & moves
some fluff; D to LB 10:13:32, rouses, & out 10:13:57; M stops momentarily
to see where he went, then resumes eating; crop drop 10:14:41; M gulps down the
last of her breakfish 10:19:12; M out BSD 10:22:13. Ground Report per GailMJ
10:35:00: “GM from the nest. Yucky and rainy but I had time to kill b4 my next
meeting. Ma is in the big pine tree behind the Protected Area sign.” D in BD
w/squirrel 11:56:51; D tries to straighten the stick that M knocked over on the
LB 11:56:39; he yanks another forked branch out from front rail 11:57:29 &
moves it to right rail; D out BSD 12:00:47. D in FD with big ole’ twiggy branch
12:22:06, he places it on the right front rail & begins tweaking it,
inching it over to the center as he tweaks; can see M fly by in background
prior to her coming in FD 12:35:53; D steps up to RB 12:53:37 & out
12:54:15; D flies by 1:00:30, then in FD w/fluff 1:00:45, he sits w/M for a
minute then tackles a branch to work on 1:02:06; kisses 1:05:20, then D
aerates; D to LB 1:10:14 & out 1:10:35; M aerates the bole 1:31:37 then
sits & waits for D; D in FD w/small stick 2:10:25; D nestorizes while M
watches; beaking 2:31:15; M steps off right rail onto nest 2:45:36; D starts
digging in the bole 2:45:51, M digs alongside D 2:46:42; M stops digging, D
also stops then moves to front of nest 2:48:05, both him & M watch
something 2:48:53; D out BD 2:52:57; M crop drops 3:29:52, preens 3:44:31; M
peers through the trees watching for D 4:17:49; D in BD w/UFO 4:18:36; M
nibbles the UFO 4:19:08; M opts for the squirrel instead 4:22:00; D steps into
the pantry & eats nestover squirrel 4:25:39; D to 11-o’clock branch 4:30:02
. . . squirrel pelt gets stuck on D's talons 5:42:09, he walks backwards trying
to dislodge it, finally succeeds 5:42:46; D out BSD 5:43:42; M in FD 5:47:32; M
digs in bole 5:50:38, slowly lays down 5:51:30. Cam 1 reset 10:15pm. M stands
up 11:09:18, backs up to right rail, PS's 11:10:33.