Friday - March 15, 2019
(Cam
clock not adjusted to DST): Cam 1 offline until 7:30am. Blackbird &
Bluebird activity around nest 9:17:33-9:19:08; E lands on right side back tree
9:28:36, appears to hop from branch to branch 9:29:08 (or could be some
hanky-panky going on back there, lol); E leaves back tree 9:29:58 (didn’t see a
second E leave); D in BD w/small stick 9:34:34; D places it on right rail,
fluffs a bit, sits a bit, then hops to LB 9:45:16 & out 9:45:27; M in BSD w/small
log-type stick 9:48:44, she puts it on front rail; M aerates the bole 9:49:07
& fluffs some fluff 9:51:48; D in BD with a large wonky branch 9:52:28,
stick war ensues; feisty beaking 9:53:20; stick war continues 9:53:30, M wins!
D picks up M’s log stick 9:54:08 & puts it in back while M attempts to get
the wonky branch placed just right on the left rail; D tweaks branch 9:54:16
& M helps causing the branch to get moved to the front; intermittent feisty
beaking (lol); M gives up & lets D have the branch, he tweaks it & about
nudges it off the front rail 9:56:44; M preens while D tweaks 9:57:35; D
finally finishes tweaking & moves to the bole & aerates 9:59:03; D to
LB 10:03:46 & out 10:04:05; M out BSD 10:17:26; M approaches nest 1:32:36
& lands in nest from the BSD 1:32:39, D lands right behind her one second
later 1:32:40; both just sit & look around, feathers blowing in the wind; D
out over RB 1:37:54; D in BD w/fluff 1:40:05; D aerates the bole & M joins
in 1:41:16; D to RB 1:43:35 & out 1:43:54; D in BSD w/wonky branch 1:50:00;
M grabs hold of it as D tries to get it placed 1:50:13, mini stick war ensues
& M gets a piece that broke off 1:50:18; D places his part on right front
rail & tweaks it 1:50:33; D grabs M’s portion 1:51:04 & M grabs it, too;
another stick war 1:51:07, D gets it & puts on right rail 1:51:20; D steps
onto RB 1:54:12 & out 1:54:18; M up & over LB 1:57:03; D in BD w/headless
fish 6:23:06; M in BSD 6:26:25; D lays down 6:30:19; M backs up & starts to
eat fish 6:45:23; D gets up 6:45:51, moves around the bole & aerates; M
gets a piece of straw caught in her beak 6:50:14; D rouses 6:50:44, hops to RB
6:51:27; M feaks 6:51:54; D hops back to nest 6:52:00; M grabs a long pine
branch & stands it on end 6:52:11 & D pushes it out of the way then
goes back to aerating the bole; M hops to LB 6:53:19 & out 6:53:25; D tweaks
a branch 6:54:11; D out BSD 6:56:53; IR light on 7:13:58pm.