Sunday - January 20, 2019

EARLY MORN: M sleeping w/head tucked 5:00:00am. M gets up 5:25:32 for egg duty, shimmies down 5:27:14; she tucks her head 5:50:29. MORN: M still resting 6:00:00 despite the cold & wind; M up 6:49:31 for egg duty, repositions & snuggles down 6:51:59; M calls out softly 7:15:44; M up 7:26:18 w/a squee, spreads her wings & flaps to steady herself 7:26:27 & squees loudly, she moves away from eggs on right talon & spreads her wings for balance; squees 7:27:03; M slowly moves back to her eggs 7:27:20, rolls eggs, squees, rolls eggs, fluffs 7:27:46 & shimmies down 7:28:34 squeeing the whole time; chirps 7:29:30 & squees 7:29:36. S/C #1 – D in SD 7:29:41; M tells him, “It’s about time!” as she gets up 7:29:48; M to LB 7:29:54 & out 7:30:00. Ground report per Bel: “After the 7:30-ish shift change, mom flew over to her favorite perch; after about two minutes, she flew off low over the college buildings toward garden lakes.” D egg duty 7:30:07, snuggles down 7:30:26; D up for egg duty 7:38:40; IR light off 7:39:17. Ground report per Bel: “Just before 8 o’clock, mom flew across Garden Lake. Seemed to be scoping it out, but she continued on and I lost her when she disappeared behind a tree.” D egg duty 8:10:19, 8:11:48 & 8:14:56. Ground Report per Bel (circa 8:35): “I went for a walk around the lake, and mom was perched in a back tree. After a few minutes, she took a flight across the lake and then headed inland to perch somewhere where I can’t see her.” D up 9:23:12, repositions & rolls/fluffs, snuggles down 9:23:28; D up again 9:24:16 for a quick roll/fluff. At 9:45, Bel reports that, “Mom is on her favorite perch.” D up 10:17:02 for egg duty. S/C #2 - D up 10:33:50, flaps his wings as M lands on back rail 10:33:59 & hops to LB 10:34:00 flapping his wings & vocalizing, he flies out FD 10:34:08. Ground Report per Bel: “Mom stayed on her favorite perch, when she left, she circled around back behind the trees to grab a branch to come in at shift change. That was around 10:30? When dad left, he came out to their favorite perch, stayed about two minutes, then flew out toward the quarry or Garden Lakes.” After making her way slowly to the eggs using her wings for balance, M rolls/fluffs 10:35:11, snuggles down 10:37:12, but gets right back up for another roll & some beak-plowing 10:37:21, she shimmies down 10:38:59; M preens 11:16:57; M up 11:17:23 for egg duty; M searches the sky & turns her head up 11:34:00, calls out & chatters big-time for the next minute; M gets up 11:35:40 still chirping & carrying on (she looks & sounds agitated). D lands on LB 11:36:36 & he joins M with the vocals. Ground Report per Bel: “Had a juvenile that was circling and hovering over the nest. As it started to circle away dad came in and landed on the tree next to the approach cam pole. When the juvie circled back toward the nest tree, dad flew over and landed on the left branch. After another circle, the juvie seemed to have left the area, flying out over the entrance road and beyond the trees.” M rolls/fluffs 11:37:46; M & D vocal again 11:39:23; D out FD 11:48:26; M squees & gets up 11:48:52 for egg duty. Ground Report per Bel: “Dad is currently perched in a tree to the left of the nest tree, partly hidden behind a lot of small sticks.” S/C #3 - M up 12:09:48, she flies out the BSD 12:10:06; D in BSD 12:10:48. Ground Report per Bel – “12:10 PM dad flew off, across the entrance road. Dad circled back around while I was at the Krannert building. Mom and Dad both circled for a minute per BEP, then Dad went to the nest and Mom went to favorite perch. M flew off across the entrance road around 12:25 PM.” D rolls eggs 12:11:11; shimmies onto eggs 12:11:25; up for fluff/roll 12:13:20, 12:49:20, 1:06:49, 1:09:20; S/C #4 - M in BSD w/fluff 1:15:44; D vocalizes 1:15:49; he gets up 1:15:54; D to LB 1:16:05; vocalizes some more then out 1:16:20; M carefully makes her way to bole to roll eggs 1:17:41; after several fluffs and rolls, she pulls some fluff around herself 1:20:32; wiggles onto eggs 1:20:48; not quite comfy, M gets up to change position 1:21:01; fluff/roll 1:52:18; M gets up 2:50:15; flaps wings for balance 2:50:26; using wings, she hops to back of nest 2:50:47; vocalizes 2:50:52; M out BSD 2:50:55; M in BD 2:51:17; she rolls eggs 2:51:43; wiggles onto eggs 2:53:12; M alerts 2:53:31; gets up 2:53:48; shadow of approaching bird 2:53:47; S/C #5 - D lands on 11 O'clock branch out of sight ?  2:53:51; M out FD 2:53:55 as D vocalizes; D hops to nest 2:54:08; rolls eggs 2:54:30; rocks onto eggs 2:54:41; D gets up for a fluff/roll 3:13:31; Cam 1 reset 4:26pm; D up for fluff/roll 4:41:17; D gets up 4:51:21; vocalizes 4:51:26. S/C #6 - M flies by left side of nest 4:51:33; D out BSD 4:51:42; M flies by again 4:51:48; Ground report per BEL: “Mom teased dad by flying around the nest. He came out and they flew together a couple of times in a circle. Then she went in and he went toward GL,” M in FD 4:52:02; vocalizes 4:52:05; she carefully rolls eggs 4:52:47; snuggles down 4:54:40; M up for roll/fluff n stuff 5:33:19, 5:55:10; IR light comes on 6:24:35pm.

Saturday - January 19, 2019

EARLY MORN: M up 2:29:18am, stretches wings, preens, then rolls/fluffs 2:31:46; M backs away from eggs 2:31:57 & steadies herself for repositioning, she rolls/fluffs 2:32:38 and snuggles down 2:33:24; M up egg duty 3:38:30 & 4:56:32; preens 5:54:50, does a little fluffing before tucking head to sleep 5:56:57. MORN: M gets up 6:43:23, preens, calls out to D 6:44:36 then chirps 6:44:39; M stretches her left wing then calls out & chirps for D 6:44:45; quick fluff, shakes head, quick preen then snuggles down 6:45:39. S/C #1 M squees as D flies in BSD 7:23:57; M talks softly to D before getting up 7:24:35; M hops to LB 7:25:01 & out 7:25:16; D rolls/fluffs 7:25:24, shimmies down 7:26:13; D back up 7:26:29, repositions & fluffs, shimmies back down 7:27:02; IR light off 7:37:27; D repositions for egg duty 7:44:34; D shakes his head 7:56:25 & gets up for egg duty 7:56:28; D gets up 10:09:32; shakes off the rain 10:09:37; rolls eggs 10:09:48; snuggles onto eggs 10:10:19. Ground report from Bel: “10:30 AM mom lands on her favorite perch. It was drizzling, now it’s raining.” S/C #2 - M in FD 11:19:54; M gets updates from D 11:19:58; D gets up 11:20:06; flaps wings ending up on Y nook 11:20:10; more vocalization then he hops onto LB facing the nest then turns around still flapping wings 11:20:25; D out 11:20:31; Ground report from BEL: “dad flew to the fav perch that mom just left; M hops toward eggs 11:20:33; she rolls eggs 11:20:58; M settles onto eggs 11:22:45; Ground report from BEL: “I looked down and then back up and dad has left. Flew out around 11:30 when I blinked, lol.” M starts vocalizing 12:45:13; D in BSD w/coot foot 12:45:27; M says thank you but wants to know where the rest of it is; D feeds M a bite 12:46:00; D rouses 12:46:14; M grabs the coot foot as D hops to LB 12:46:46; M swallows offering whole 12:46:55; gulp; then gets up; D out 12:47:02; M shakes off rain 12:47:08; rolls eggs 12:47:28; shakes head again 12:47:44; another roll then aerates 12:47:51; Shake 12:48:30; egg roll (not Chinese) 12:48:40; wiggles onto eggs 12:49:16; M shakes head 1:04:21; checks eggs and repositions 1:04:44; Ground report from Bel: “I’m back from lunch, a few minutes after 2 o’clock. Dad is perched in the bird studio, the dead tree by the fence near their favorite perch.” Ground report from Bel: "Dad was still on his perch when I left just after 3:00pm." Cam 1 reset 3:21:05. M hasn’t moved since 1:04pm; M still hasn’t moved as of 6:08:00pm; a very soggy M shakes the rain from her head 6:08:48 & again 6:11:35; IR light on 6:12:10; M finally gets up 6:12:15; rouses & shakes her head good 6:12:28; M rolls/fluffs 6:12:48, she shimmies down 6:14:52; M rouses 6:15:55 & gets up again to roll/fluff 6:16:03, rouses 6:16:54 & continues to fluff; M flaps her wings several times to shed the rain 6:17:47, rouses 6:18:40 & shimmies down 6:18:55; she shakes her head 7:03:09, preens & keeps her head tucked for some rest 7:03:18. M preens 9:44:41 & gets up 9:45:04, preens under her right wing & chest 9:45:11, rouses 9:46:17 then more preening; M repositions slowly then rolls/fluffs 9:46:54; M face-plants as she shimmies down 9:48:12; M up for egg duty 10:47:19pm; as of mid-night, M’s head is tucked & she’s resting comfortably.