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.