Tuesday - February 5, 2019
IR
light off 7:21:03; D fly-by behind nest 7:26:05 then toward nest 7:26:15; S/C #1 D in BSD with big y-shaped stick
7:26:18, M stands up & softly chirps 7:26:31, D trips on his stick 7:27:07,
M moves away from eggs 7:27:15 & flies out BSD 7:27:23, D rolls eggs
7:27:45, shimmies down 7:27:59. Cam 2: D partially throws out his wings 7:53:28
(not sure why, in defense?); D up 8:03:26 to work on & move that big stick
then back to his eggs for egg duty 8:06:40; Cam 1 reset 8:46:27; Cam 1: D up
for egg duty 8:48:14 & 9:17:08; M flies by behind nest (low to the ground)
9:56:46; S/C #2 M in BSD w/fluff
9:57:46 & D chirps a greeting; M moves D's stick 9:58:17 & D jumps up
9:58:19, D to Y-nook 9:58:28 & out 9:58:41; M rolls eggs 9:59:48 &
fluffs fluff, scratches an itch 10:00:47 then gets back to fluffing, shimmies
down 10:02:24; Flock of red-winged blackbirds around the nest 10:17-ish; M up
for egg duty 11:34:02 & 11:53:02; D flies toward the nest 12:04:39, S/C #3 D in BSD w/fluff 12:04:43 &
M chirps to him, M stands up 12:04:56, M to LB 12:05:09 & out 12:05:22 as D
stands at the back of the nest panting, D rolls eggs 12:05;52, shimmies down
12:06:04; D mini crop drop 12:48:27; D up for egg duty 12:48:29, 12:55:07,
1:24:39; D calls to M 1:41:45; S/C #4
M in FD w/fluff in left talons 1:47:06, D stands up 1:47:20, D out BSD 1:47:35,
M rolls eggs 1:49:00 then digs in the fluff, wiggles down 1:51:27; M preens
2:14:25; M watches something intently 2:56:58; preens 3:06:03; spreads fluff in
front of her 3:07:22; M up 3:23:47 for egg duty, preening 3:38:56, up again for
egg duty 3:39:37, preening 4:07:07, egg duty 4:11:46 & 4:59:34; M up for
preening & stretching, 5:53:45; M bites at D's stick at the FD 5:55:46
& stretches again; M calls to D 5:56:17, rolls-n-fluffs 5:57:34, settles down on eggs 5:58:54; D
stops by via the BSD with a load of fluff 6:19:05, M chirps & pulls some
close; M apparently didn’t need a break, so D took off out the BD 6:19:58; M pulls over some fluff 6:21:57,
places fluff on her back, 6:22:12, then stands up 6:22:50 to rearrange fluff on
left side of nest 6:23:15; M scratches her head 6:23:32 then gets back to
flufferations, stops to preen 6:23:52, rolls eggs 6:26:06, wiggles back down
6:27:07; IR light on 6:35:48; coyotes howl 6:41:39pm.
