Saturday - February 2, 2019
M
wakes up & preens 5:57:05, she gets up for egg duty 5:59:15, she tucks her
head to sleep 6:08:16; M wakes up with a chirp 6:33:02, she snuggles in place
6:33:12, tucks her head 6:33:20; M wakes up chirping 6:34:14, tucks her head
for more Zzzzzzz’s 6:34:46; M wakes up from her nap 7:14:37 & squees, M
squees again as the IR light goes off 7:17:33, the squees get louder 7:23:18.
S/C #1 D lands on LB w/twiggy stick 7:23:22 & M gets up 7:23:27 (still
squeeing), M out BSD 7:23:55; the twiggy stick gets stuck as D hops down the LB
7:24:06 & heads for the bole, he checks his eggs & snuggles down
7:24:38; D gets part way up & repositions 7:26:00; D up for egg duty
7:38:18 & 7:55:37; little bird flits around & gets D's attention
8:08:35; egg duty 8:09:11 & 8:37:36; S/C #2 D calls out a greeting 9:02:22,
M flies in FD w/stick 9:02:30, D stands up 9:02:33, D to RB 9:02:46, says
goodbye, flies out 9:02:57, M picks up the stick 9:03:40 and places it at the
FD 9:03:55, M rolls/fluffs 9:04:48, briefly snuggles down on the eggs 9:06:40
but gets back up to move a pinecone (ouch, lol) 9:06:52, rolls eggs 9:07:01,
snuggles down 9:07:11, repositions again 9:07:25, finally settling down on eggs
9:08:32; M up for egg duty 10:05:05, 10:27:44, M chirps then calls out 1:00:58,
D lands on LB 1:01:03 & both P's vocal as M appears to track something; M
softly chirps 1:02:07, still chirping 1:03:55, M turns to nip at one of her
wing feathers 1:04:04; then seems to watch something overhead 1:04:37 &
1:04:56, then looking all around; more chirping from M 1:06:20; S/C #3 D moves
into cam view on LB 1:10:55 resulting in more chirps from M, D walks further
down LB 1:11:12, steps to nest 1:11:50, M gets up 1:11:56, M moves away from
the eggs 1:12:09 then flies out BSD 1:12:20, D rolls eggs 1:12:42 &
shimmies down 1:12:54; D tracks something 4:02:09, D alerts 4:02:19, intruder
lands on LB & D mantles the eggs 4:02:21, D sounding the distress call
4:03:14, D rolls the eggs up under him 4:03:34 & alerts again, D firmly
settles himself on the egg 4:03:52, still chirping the alarm with his feathers
ruffled, D raises up still mantling and alerting 4:07:27 & 4:07:59, D wing
slaps 4:08:15, D settles down on eggs still chirping 4:07:48, intruder vocal on
the LB 4:09:54, D does a series of alert calls 4:11:01, 4:11:24, 4:13:03;
intruder vocal 4:14:40 & D still chirping in alarm; D goes super-sonic
sound with his alerts 4:18:37; D rolls eggs & repositions while continuing
to alert 4:20:24; D wiggles down on the eggs 4:21:18, still squeaking out
alerts; D's calls get loud 4:24:53, then he starts panting, still chirping in
alarm. [GROUND REPORT FROM BEP: There is
another eagle on the LB. Think it is about the age b3 would be.] Rustling heard
from intruder on LB 4:30:38 as D continues to alarm (and there are a lot of
"silent" alert calls being made); D vocal & intruder brief
responds 4:33:46 & 4:37:18; D does the super-sonic calls again (sort of has
an echoing sound ) 4:37:40; intruder responds to Ds call again 4:38:30 &
4:41:16 & 4:45:51; D stands up 4:52:55 & rolls the eggs, wiggles back
down 4:54:02; Dad & intruder have a sound-off & D partially wing slaps
& mantles 5:26:23; D alerts & mantles again 5:27:35; D tracks something
5:37:36; D cranks up the alert volume 5:40:12 & the intruder flaps &
yells back 5:40:19; D fully mantles & alerts 5:42:10; intruder finally flies off 5:42:02 ... and the ground crew
goes wild (whooping & cheering, assuming M came in & ran the intruder
off)! D stands up and tends to the eggs 5:46:11; D calmly rolls the eggs
5:54:36, D takes his frustration out on a pinecone 5:59:13; D tracks something
6:10:23, alerts 6:10:36, eagle flies-by behind nest 6:10:46, D calls out
6:10:52; vocals heard from nearby 6:11:33; D chirps 6:12:18; more vocals from
nearby 6:13:05, 6:16:11; D chirps & vocals heard nearby 6:25:48; D tracks
something 6:27:46, calls out 6:28:00; answering vocals hear 6:28:08; more
chattering from both 6:29:28; M chatters 6:31:05 and D answers; IR light on
6:33:23; fly-by from right side to behind nest 6:33:35; D alerts as M lands on
LB 6:38:04; M, D & the intruder all vocalize 6:38:08; D stands up 6:39:14,
M & D alert 6:39:22; D rolls eggs 6:39:48; D tracks something 6:40:17, M
yells 6:40:21 & flies off 6:40:22; D lays down 6:40:36; D gets up to tend
to the eggs 6:53:43, Fly-by behind nest 7:15:10, fly-by behind nest 7:15:19; M
makes a clumsy landing on LB 7:15:47 & is greeted by D, M calls out 7:16:07
& D is still chattering; M moves into cam view 7:16:38, M moves further
down the branch 7:17:52, D chatters to her 7:17:56 & stares at her adoringly. D
stands up 7:42:25 and looks around, moves to front of nest 7:42:53, S/C #4 D to RB 7:43:20, D chatters
7:43:24 & M answers, D flies off 7:44:06, M to nest 7:44:29, uses wing for
balance 7:45:06, rolls eggs 7:45:18 & fluffs the fluff, turns in a circle,
finally snuggles down (after all the afternoon/evening) excitement 7:47:36; M
chatters w/D 8:09:46; M gets up for egg duty 10:56:22, she talks to D 10:57:22,
preens 10:58:07, PS's 11:00:15, chats w/D 11:00:26; snuggles down 11:03:34; M
calls out again 11:06:17; something gets M's attention (Rocky?) 11:14:20 &
she calls out 11:14:30, she looks around again 11:14:49; D chatters nearby
11:15:17 & M answers 11:15:22pm.
