Showing posts with label Fish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fish. Show all posts
Friday - May 31, 2019
IR
light off 6:11:18am; D in BSD 12:40:35; D fluffs some fluff 12:47:01; after
surveying his domain, D lays down 1:02:01, he gets up 1:08:19 to sit and look
around some more; D lays back down 1:26:25; D gets up 1:47:03; D can’t make up
his mind, he lays back down 2:00:26, but gets up 2:01:59 & surveys the area
intently; D hops to RB 2:28:34 & out 2:28:53; M in
BSD w/headless fish 2:58:38; she
gulps down the tail 3:02:42 & shakes her head several times to get it all
the way down; M sits at the back of the nest for the next 45 minutes or so then
raises her rings to thermoregulate at 3:50:40; IR
light on 9:12:20pm.
Monday - April 15, 2019
(Cam
clock not adjusted to DST): D in BSD 5:42:29, he digs in the nest &
straightens up a few sticks; IR light off 5:50:59; D to LB 5:56:10 & out
5:56:35. Cam
1 reset 9:22:07am. D lands on LB 1:49:46, he moves down the LB & hops to
nest 1:53:24; D sits & observes then hops to LB 2:05:10 & out 2:05:15; M
in BSD w/a small headless fish 3:39:50; M finishes her afternoon snack then
hops to the LB 3:46:12 & flies out 3:46:14;
Wednesday - April 3, 2019
(Cam
clock not adjusted to DST): D stayed on
the nest tree overnight; D steps from RB to nest 6:01:38am; D to LB 6:05:44
& out 6:05:55; IR light off 6:08:06; D in FD w/headless fish 6:49:47 &
starts eating 6:49:55 (it's so chilly you can see D's breath 6:50:02); D to LB
6:59:32 & out 6:59:47; D lands on LB 8:37:54, rouses 10:15:21; D still
perched on LB 10:44:10; D moved down the LB 10:59:55 & hops to nest
10:59:57 just as M flies in BD w/big fish & lands 10:59:58; M dives into
the fish & D looks on wistfully; M tries to gulp down the fish tail
11:06:45 but has to put it down & eat more of it before the big gulp at
11:07:15; D lays down 11:09:56, he gets up & down several times within the
next hour and a half; D stands up 1:09:42; D flaps onto front rail 1:09:55
& calls out 1:10:01, M joins in 1:10:05; D to LB 1:10:11, still vocal,
flaps wings, then flies out 1:10:20; M out BSD 1:49:29; M in over RB w/squirrel
2:09:37; M starts de-furring the squirrel 2:09:13; she looks around then starts
eating 2:09:49; M gulps down the pelt 3:06:57; M out BSD 3:09:33; IR light on
7:26:33pm.
Tuesday - April 2, 2019
(Cam
clock not adjusted to DST): EARLY MORN: D fooled us last night by not leaving;
he spent the night on the RB & joined M on the nest at 3:01:02am for a
couple minutes (screen went black & did not see where D went); D hopped
from the RB to the nest 5:24:57 to visit w/M again; starts raining around 5:29;
D to RB 5:29:58 & out ?; MORN: IR light off 6:23:14; M out BSD 6:24:03; M
in FD just’a squeeing 9:08:43 w/D hot on her heels w/fish 9:08:47, which M
promptly takes 9:08:49 & starts to eat, so D digs in the nest; since M wasn’t
about to share her fish, D hops to RB 9:11:50 & flies out 9:12:27; M
continues to eat, she gulps down the tail 9:16:47; after finishing her meal, M
sits around in the nest for a couple hours before heading out the FD 11:31:32. IR
light on 7:27:51pm. Rocky
peeks over the left rail 9:09:48, peeks over again 9:09:59; Rocky scampers
across the nest 9:10:11; Rocky rushes to jump of the back of the nest 9:10:13
as D leaps from the RB 9:10:14; D must hear
commotion in the basement because he gives the nest hard pecks 9:10:20 &
9:11:06 and continues to look down; D to RB 9:25:32pm.
Saturday - March 30, 2019
(Cam
clock not adjusted to DST): M stayed on the nest overnight; M calls to D
6:09:55am; D in BSD 6:12:18; M digs in the nest while D moves a twig 6:12:30,
then both takes turns aerating the fluff; D rouses 6:16:39; IR light off
6:20:24; M to LB 6:21:05 & out 6:21:32; D quickly follows by hopping on LB
6:21:36 & flying out 6:21:39; D in BSD w/headless fish 5:34:04pm; D moves
his fish & starts eating 5:35:41; D finishes the fish 5:41:58; D picks at
the fluff, starts digging in the nest 5:42:58; looks around for a quite a while
before sitting down 6:44:59; D stands up 7:03:11; D to LB 7:04:02 & out
7:04:33; IR light on 7:20:40pm.
Thursday - March 21, 2019
(Cam
clock not adjusted to DST): M in FD 6:22:39, she lands on a stick & hops to
center of nest 6:22:40; D lands on LB 6:23:24; D to nest 6:23:41 and both dig
in nest, shoulder to shoulder; D moves a stick from the back rail 6:26:09; M
preens 6:28:28; D to RB 6:29:26; M preens some more 6:29:34; D out 6:30:48; IR
light off 6:31:13; M flaps as she straddles pesky stick 6:35:03; M out FD
6:36:49; >>> Cam 1 reset 11:52-ish. D in BD w/headless fish 12:16:22;
D looks around & waits to see if M will show up for 15 minutes or so before
he starts nibbling on the fish 12:34:21; D finishes lunch 12:42:38, fluffs a
little & then sits around until he hops to LB 1:27:36 & out 1:27:42; M
in BSD w/twiggy branch 5:23:38; After a bit of a struggle with it, she places
it on the left rail 5:24:26; M out FD 5:28:51; D lands on LB 6:34:12, looks
down as if he dropped a stick 6:34:18, hops to nest 6:35:15; looks around, digs
a bit, pecks at sticks; D out BSD 6:45:27; D in BSD w/stick 6:59:33; finally
gets it placed in the right spot 7:00:25; D out BSD 7:04:14; M in BSD 7:05:12;
M out BSD 7:09:57; IR light on 7:17:55pm.
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.
Tuesday - March 12, 2019
(Cam
clock not adjusted to DST): D in BSD 6:39:35 & digs in nest; IR light off
6:40:15; M in BSD w/fluff 6:46:43; D out BSD 6:50:31; M out BSD 7:00:23; D in
FD w/UFO 9:52:08; M in FD right behind D 9:52:14; D feeds M a couple bites
9:52:18 of something he had right in front of him, not the UFO; D nestorizes
9:52:58 & M watches; both just sit & survey the area for five minutes
or so, then D goes back to fluffing fluff 9:57:46; D stops fluffing 9:58:21
& sits w/M enjoying the day; D decides to rest a bit & lays down in the
bole 10:03:33, kicking his feet up as he’s prone to do (lol); M starts eating
10:47:45; D gets up 10:49:37 & fluffs some more; D to RB 10:53:01 & out
10:53:22; unfortunately, M is facing the BD whiles she eats, but she appears to
be enjoying her meal immensely; M finally turns sideways so we can see her chow
down at 11:09:10 just in time to see her try and gulp down the last of it
11:10:54, but she can’t so she goes back to eating it; the big gulp comes at
11:14:18; M out BSD 11:16:20; D in to LB 1:16:14; preens 1:23:58; rouses
1:34:38; D out w/o going to nest 1:50:24; Cam 1 reset 6:08pm; D in BSD w/fish 6:40:42
with a squealing M hot on his heels 6:40:46; M grabs the fish 6:40:55; M gulps
down the fish 6:42:58 while D watches; D moves a stick 6:43:05 then digs in the
fluff; M out BSD 6:48:02; D arranges some fluff 6:48:13; after a couple of
false starts, D flies out BSD 6:52:22; IR light comes on 7:07:11pm.
Sunday - March 3, 2019
Eagle
chatter (sounds like M & D) 6:42:56; A different call 6:47:45 and D?
responds 6:47:56; D flies toward nest 6:52:41 & in BSD 6:52:43; M calls out
from nearby 6:54:51; IR light off 6:56:52; D rouses 6:58:09, flies out BSD
6:58:35; flock of geese heard passing by 7:03:18; Cam 1 reset 10:22am; D in FD
over LB w/headless fish 12:41:16; M can be heard squeeing as he lands; M in to
LB 12:41:21; M to nest 12:41:47; M claims fish 12:41:51; D moves a stick from
the back rail to the front rail to trim as M begins to eat 12:42:04; M tries to
swallow fish 12:42:58; After nibbling on fish, M swallows it 12:43:46; M out
BSD 12:44:28; D checks for missed morsels then hops to LB 12:44:49; and out 12:44:54; Flyby right side 6:25:23; E
leaves perch on back tree (just to the right of Cam 2 branch, just above nest)
& flies further back 6:47:04; other E leaves same back perch & flies to
back tree 6:48:14; IR light on 6:51:52pm.
Friday - March 1, 2019
IR
light off 7:10:51am; Cam 1 reset 8:12:54. M in FD squeeing 8:19:52, D in BSD
w/headless fish 8:20:01; M squees her thanks to D & they have a little
chat; M takes the fish 8:20:45 & begins to eat while D heads to the Y-nook
& hops to RB 8:21:22 & out 8:21:29; M finishes her fish & flies out
the BSD 8:25:48. M in BD w/pine bough branch 10:04:41, once placed, M pulls up
some fluff 10:05:00 & spreads it; D in BSD w/stick 10:05:27, M gets the
stick 10:05:37 & places it on the front rail; D gets the huge log & M
helps 10:05:50; they both proceed to tug & pull on it 10:07:03; D
nestorizes then moves a stick 10:10:56; M flies out BSD 10:11:17; D watches M
leave then he hops to RB 10:12:19, he remains perched for several minutes &
finally flies out 10:17:42; D in BSD 10:45:48; M flies left to right in
background 10:49:51 & lands on bonding branch; D watches area for a bit
then flies out BSD 10:50:22 & heads to back trees; D approaches nest from
back trees 10:52:18 & enters BSD 10:52:23, he checks out right rail
10:52:44; M leaves the bonding branch 10:54:15 & it looks like she flies to
& lands on another branch 10:54:21 (upper right screen); M leaves that
branch 10:54:29, goes to the left, arcs & flies in BSD 10:54:33; M moves a
small stick & D helps 10:54:45; they both move sticks & nestorize
10:55:15; M grabs hold of the huge log 10:57:25, D helps; they manage to get it
way up on front rail (practically out of view) 10:58:20; M grabs it again
10:58:39 & totes it around trying to get it placed; D helps again 10:58:58;
D hops to LB 11:00:20; M picks up the log again 11:00:34 & struggles with
it for a couple of minutes, she places it on the right front rail 11:02:19
& fluffs some fluff; in the meantime, D has been perched on the LB, he
finally flies out FD 11:02:47; M stays on the nest alone looking around, she
hops to LB 11:11:13 & finally flies off 11:11:17. M in BSD 5:29:01, D
floats in BSD (windy evening) 5:29:17; D digs in nest 5:20:43, M digs briefly
5:30:08; D to RB 5:30:38 & out 5:30:48 and M tracks his movements; M rouses
5:39:12 and then flies out FD 5:39:36; D flies toward the nest 6:53:25 & in
BSD 6:53:38; D digs in nest bole 6:54:07 & pulls out B12's remains 6:54:40;
D moves the remains to pantry area 6:54:52, places foot on it 6:55:23 and
starts eating; D looks around 7:00:18; IR light on 7:00:21; D flies out 7:00:54pm.
Sunday - February 24, 2019
(B12/Day
6). No rain for a change this morning (YAY!) & M is sleeping w/her head
tucked 6:44:16, but D wakes her when he lands on the back rail 6:46:45; D
watches as M gets up to check on baby 6:47:47; S/C #1 M rouses 6:49:30; D moves around the nest to right side 6:49:58
& M wing-flaps as she turns around & hops to LB 6:50:10 & out
6:50:13; D tends to baby then snuggles down 6:50:54; IR light off 6:58:51; D up
7:13:09 to feed B12 (his/her little crop is almost bigger than his/her body
(lol); feeding finished, D snuggles down 7:19:04; D quizzically looks down his
chest 7:48:01 as if to say, “Hey little one, whatcha doin’ down there?”; D gets
up 7:48:20 & heads for the pantry, takes a nibble of something then turns
back to B12 7:48:57, D rouses & snuggles down 7:49:13; D up 8:16:22 &
B12 sits up tall expectantly waiting for food; D gives B several bites 8:16:55
then tucks him in 8:19:43; S/C #2 M
in BD 8:37:30, D gets up & hops to RB 8:37:43 & out 8:37:58; M grabs
nestover squirrel 8:38:39 & and tries to gulp it down 8:39:52 but puts it
down 8:40:03; M moves B13's remains from back of pantry to front 8:40:17; M
moves into position over B12 8:41:36, snuggles down 8:42:10 only to get up a
few times to nudge B12 back under her, finally settles down 8:44:57; M stands
up 9:14:11 and turns around, fluffs the fluff and then wiggles back onto B12
9:15:51 who wiggles & squirms making it hard for M to get comfy, M settles
down again 9:18:27; M stands up 9:58:02, opens & flaps wings 9:58:12; M
flies to LB 9:58:30 where she stands on one leg; M opens wings and the wind
hovers her back to nest 10:00:19; M picks up nestover squirrel 10:00:50, M
tries to gulp down the squirrel 10:01:22 but doesn't succeed; M feeds B12 some
squirrel 10:02:50; S/C #3 M flies
out FD 10:27:24, D in 10:07:45, snuggles down 10:08:11; D repositions 10:30:45,
10:32:00, 10:54:25; D stands up 11:23:50; D moves to pantry 12:24:13 and defurs
squirrel; feeds B12 12:25:16; B13's remains catch on D's talons as he moves
back toward B12 (ends up at the top of the pantry pile) 12:28:31, D snuggles
down 12:28:41; D shows a lots of interest in something flying around, tracks it
for quite a while 11:53:21; D repositions 12:06:32; tracks something 12:07:30;
D backs off of B12 12:29:28 & heads to the pantry 12:29:36 where he
possibly pulls off a piece of B13 12:30:21, offers a bite to B12 but s/he's not
interested 12:30:27; B12 finally takes a bite 12:32:05 then D starts feeding
B12 some squirrel; D pulls B13's remains back to the pantry 12:33:35 &
attempts to feed B12 a few bites, which B12 accepts at 12:34:59; D snuggles
back onto B12 12:35:37; D tracks something again 12:39:25; wind is really
strong as D calls out to M 12:55:14; S/C
#4 M hovers in BD w/fish 12:55:19, D stands up 12:55:23 moves to
right-front rail 12:55:26, D to RB 12:55:37 & out 12:55:46; M starts eating
stuff in the pantry (possibly including B13) 12:55:49; M moves a squirrel
12:58:50 then picks up the fish 12:59:06; M feeds B12 a
bite of fish 1:00:54, moves squirrel 1:01:35 & 1:01:50; M tries to gulp
down squirrel but quickly stops 1:02:18; M feeds B12 1:03:24; M fights the wind
to move over to B12 1:06:26, arranges fluff, snuggles down 1:09:05; M tracks
something 1:10:02; M still watching as she vocally alerts 1:31:12, 1:31:45; M
stands up 1:44:11, moves away from B12 1:45:08, hops to front of nest 1:45:41,
flies out BSD 1:46:15; M in BSD 1:47:03, calls out 1:47:15; M feeds B12 some
squirrel 1:49:40; M moves over behind B12 1:53:27, snuggles down 1:56:26; M
repositions 2:12:56; tracks something 2:19:14 and calls out 2:19:24; M backs
off of B12 2:19:50 to better see what is flying around; M calls out again
2:20:59 & D answers 2:21:08; S/C #5
D in BSD 2:21:26 and both watch something; M moves away from B12 2:22:50 and
flies out FD 2:23:09; D picks up the fish 2:23:50 & eats a bite then feeds
B12 (taking a few bites for himself) 2:24:19; D wiggles onto B12 2:27:42; S/C #6 D chirps a greeting 3:26:34 then
stands as M comes in BSD w/fish 3:26:41 , D rouses 3:27:39, hops to RB 3:27:47
then flies out 3:28:26; M feeds B12 some fish (and eats some too) 3:28:38; D
flies by behind nest 3:32:24; M straddles B12 3:33:16, wiggles down 3:34:15; M
calls a greeting to D and we see his shadow approaching 4:10:14, D in BSD w/headless
fish 4:10:17, M softly chirps to D 4:12:15, D rouses 4:13:37 as M continues to
sweet talk, D hops to LB 4:14:51 & flies out 4:14:59; M crop drops 4:37:23;
M gets up 4:37:39, despite cautiously moving away from the bole, she gives B12
a pretty good nudge/kick with her left talon then heads to the pantry 4:38:18; M
grabs one of the older headless fish 4:38:36 & attempts to gulp it down but
fails 4:38:55, she drops it, takes a nibble & tries again 4:39:06 &
fails again; M puts the fish down to nibble on it 4:39:10 then finally manages
her big gulp 4:39:24; she grabs another fish 4:39:30 & nibbles on it 4:40:07;
M gets a piece of hay caught in her beak 4:40:34; M feeds B12 4:42:32; M
snuggles down 4:49:37; M squees as D approaches 5:08:18 & lands on back
rail w/another fish 5:08:21; after
looking around, D hops to LB 5:09:34 & out 5:09:36; M up 5:45:56 &
heads for the pantry 5:46:40, she grabs a fish & begins to eat 5:46:57, she
starts feeding B12 5:48:24; M gulps down a big chunk 5:53:47; one fish gone, M
starts on another one 5:55:13, M offers B12 gets a bite 5:56:21 but it’s too
big so she eats it 😀; M gulps down a fish tail 5:56:35 then shakes
her head trying to get rid of hay stuck in her beak (success!); dinner done & baby tucked in 5:59:00; S/C #7 D approaches the nest
6:31:22 & brings in fluff 6:31:25; M chirps & spreads fluff 6:31:33,
she gets up 6:31:49 & gets a fish from the pantry 6:32:16, she puts that
one down & grabs a smaller piece 6:32:31 & gulps it down 6:32:36; she
picks up the first fish again 6:32:49 & begins eating, she takes one bite
& a nibble then tries to swallow the rest of it whole but fails, she turns
her back on us (drats!) to finish it off; in the meantime, D is nudging B12 who
appears to be sound asleep 6:34:03; goodness, she finishes the fish & pulls
out nestovers 6:34:47 & takes a bite then decides she doesn’t need it &
flies out the BSD 6:35:11; D snuggles down on the little one 6:35:36 & pulls
fluff up close; D repositions 6:37:51; D messes w/a stick 6:42:54; S/C #8 M in BSD 6:43:23, at long last D
gets up 6:48:32, he hops to LB 6:48:48 & out 6:49:02; M aerates the bole,
pulls fluff in close & snuggles down 6:52:59; by 6:56:20, M is ready to
sleep and has her head tucked; IR light on 7:00:07pm.
Saturday - February 23, 2019
(B12/Day
5): It is 52º there now and Mom is sleeping with her head tucked on her back
6:15am; M wakes up and starts preening with head still tucked 6:47:33; Mom is
up at 6:58:17 and B13 is almost completely cover with straw; M snuggles back
down 6:59:49; Mom stands up 7:01: 10 and stretches her wings 7:01:23, calls for
D 7:01:33 then flaps her wings 7:01:47; D lands on LB 7:02:04 and M & D
chatter while M wingflaps 7:02:09; M offers B12 a bite and B12 face plants
7:02:58, M offers again and feeds a chirping B12 7:03:05; D leans forward
several times to watch the feeding 7:06:49 ; D moves down LB 7:08:36; S/C #1 D to nest 7:08:46, M flaps her
wings 7:08:54 & flies out BSD 7:09:21, D snuggles down 7:09:40; D raises up and uses beak to nudge B12 back
under 7:09:51, snuggling down again 7:10:00; IR light off 7:17:18; raining at
7:30am; M flies behind nest 8:12:18; S/C
#2 M in FD w/headless fish 8:12:28, M moves the fish to the pantry 8:12:49,
D moves off B12 8:13:15, M feeds B12 some fish 8:13:35, D flies out BSD
8:13:37; feeding over and M moves to cover B12 and B13 M 8:19:36, snuggles down
8:20:17; M repositions 8:20:38; D in BSD w/fluff 10:03:48, M stands up 10:04:19
& moves toward the pantry 10:04:38, M picks up nestover squirrel 10:04:58
then eats part of it; M drags squirrel to the pantry & D moves to front of
nest 10:05:28; M feeds B12 10:05:56; D to right rail 10:07:16 then hops to RB
10:07:42, flies out 10:08:18; M stretches wings 10:10:23; M squeals when D
lands on LB 10:11:26; S/C #3 M flaps
wings 10:12:36 and flies out BSD 10:13:00, D hops to nest 10:13:16, snuggles
down on eaglets 10:13:46; M flies from back to front left (low to the ground) 10:14:11;
S/C #4 D stands up 11:59:33, flaps
wings as he moves near BSD 11:59:40, D flies out BSD 11:59:50 and M flies in
BSD w/fluff 11:59:52, M spreads fluff 12:00:00, B12 PS 12:00:20 then lifts head
to chirp at M 12:00:44, M stares down at B13 12:01:19 then positions herself
over the eaglets 12:01:33, M fluffs the fluff, snuggles down 12:02:12; feeding
12:30:08; M calls to D as he flies in FD w/fish 12:41:14, D looks around for a
minute then flies out BSD 12:42:20; M repositions 12:44:41; M stands up 1:39:37
& calls for D 1:39:51, S/C #5 M
flies out BSD 1:40:42, D lands on LB 1:41:37 & chatters w/Mom, D hops to
nest 1:42:46, D picks up nestover squirrel 1:42:50, D feeds B12 squirrel then
fish 1:43:18; D snuggles down on the eaglets 1:46:52; B12 is peeking out so D
raises up to reposition 1:47:33 (D doesn’t quite have the girth as M, lol), B12
all tucked under 1:47:44; B12 is squirming under D so he raises up, rouses
1:47:55 then wiggle wiggles; D up to reposition 1:48:20 & 2:17:56; D yawns
2:52:45 & 2:52:51; D up 2:53:04, heads to the pantry & pulls up
nestovers; D eats & B12 PS’s 2:53:29; D feeds B12 2:54:05, D snuggles down
2:56:37; S/C #6 D tracks M 3:19:08;
M in FD w/stick 3:19:24; D to LB 3:19:46 & out 3:19:56; M eats some fish
& gives B12 a few bites B12 3:20:31; M tries to down the remaining fish in
one gulp 3:21:25 but is unsuccessful; she puts it down & offers B12 a bite
3:21:35 then eats more herself, M gulps the tail down 3:22:02 then starts in on
nestovers 3:22:32, she feeds B12 3:23:46; eating/feeding finished, M has a
difficult time getting to the bole & get situated 3:27:14; she finally
manages to snuggle down 3:28:44; M watches something intently out the FD
4:07:55, she begins to squee 4:09:15, squees get louder as D flies in FD w/a
luscious fresh fish (& it’s a whole one!) 4:09:22; S/C #7 M gets up 4:10:06 & starts to eat/feed; D flies up to 11
o’clock branch 4:10:55, he hops to nest 4:14:54 & moves a stick; D tells M
to go on & take a break (he’s ready to brood) 4:15:39; M out BSD 4:15:54; D
snuggles down 4:16:19 but little bobblehead is peeking out; D up 4:21:47 &
gets B13’s little body in his beak & places it in the pantry 4:22:14 (very
sad to see); D goes back to the bole & snuggles down 4:22:30; S/C #8 M in BSD w/branch 4:35:45, she
struggles with it & drops it on D & he tries to get it off 4:36:00; M
grabs it back & D gets up 4:36:03 & together they move it to the left
back rail 4:36:30; M grabs the fish 4:36:55 & D hops to RB 4:36:58 &
out 4:37:15; M doesn’t realize she’s standing on B13’s body as she nibbles off
a few bites of fish then starts feeding B12 4:37:30; finished feeding, M
aerates the bole, spreads some fluff, aerates some more & finally shimmies
down 4:44:25; M moves the squirrel pelt and the fish moves with it, while still
snuggling B12 5:37:31; She grabs the fish and tries to swallow it 5:37:40; Not
being able to do it while brooding, she gets up with it in her mouth 5:37:57; M
nibbles at it and finally swallows it 5:39:26; M starts on the squirrel
5:39:44; Feeds B12 5:40:27; S/C #9 D
in to LB w/fluff 5:47:22 startling M a bit; to nest 5:47:26; D tries to snuggle
B12 5:49:17; M out BSD 5:50:31; D wiggles onto B12 5:50:51; S/C #10 M in to LB 6:15:11; D greets
her then gets up 6:15:34; He heads toward back door, turns around and gives B12
a kiss 6:16:12 and snuggles a bit more; D gets up again 6:16:43; M hops to nest
6:16:46; M grabs squirrel pelt as D goes out BD 6:16:58; M nibbles a bit then
feeds baby 6:18:58; Feeding finished, M moves back to bole 6:24:36; M wiggles
onto B12 6:26:18; IR light comes on 6:44:29pm.
Thursday - February 21, 2019
 |
| And then there were two. |
Wednesday - February 6, 2019
Sunday - January 2019
M
gets up to tend to her eggs 6:26:57am, she rolls & fluffs 6:27:25; she
preens, rolls/fluffs again then snuggles down 6:28:45; M up again 7:13:57; she
fluffs calls out to D 7:14:25, repositions & snuggles down 7:14:56; M
chirps loudly 7:26:35; IR light off 7:26:40; intermittent chirps & soft
squees as she waits for D; crop drop 7:51:06. S/C #1 M gets up 7:51:29 squeeing
louder, she hops to LB 7:51:56 & out 7:51:59; D lands on LB 7:52:23 before
hopping to nest 7:52:26, he checks his eggs & snuggles down 7:52:57; D up
for egg duty 8:00:39 & 8:26:23 & 8:56:12; S/C #2 D calls out 9:18:30, M
in FD w/fluff 9:18:35, D stands up 9:18:37, D flies out BSD 9:18:54, M tends to
the eggs 9:20:03, pulls in fluff to get comfy 9:21:38, rolls/fluffs 9:33:12
& 10:30:19; D flies toward the nest 11:21:34 and in BSD w/fluff 11:21:38, M
chirps softly & pulls in the fluff 11:22:08, she doesn't seem to want to
take a break, but finally stands up
11:24:10, S/C #3 M to LB 11:24:33 & out 11:24:43, D rolls eggs 11:24:55
then wiggles down onto them 11:25:11; D vocal as he tracks something 11:33:56;
M flies behind nest 12:09:01, D stands up 12:09:11, S/C #4 M in FD w/small
stick 12:09:12 & D chatters, D to RB 12:09:36 & out 12:09:52, M moves
twig 12:10:36 then rolls/fluffs 12:10:47 before wiggling down 12:12:07; M calls
out 12:38:34; calls again 12:47:34; calls get really loud as she throws back
her head and alerts 12:49:09, D flies by in background 12:49:25 & lands on
back tree and starts chattering; M stands up 12:49:35 & rearranges fluff
12:50:10, M rolls eggs & fluffs fluff, continuing to chirp. (Per BEP: Dad
in tree behind nest. They must have saw something I couldn’t see.) M shimmies
down onto eggs 12:52:39 & rearranges fluff; D chatters in the background
1:18:03 & M answers him; D moves to a different branch on back tree
1:18:19; D flies behind nest 1:21:27 & lands on LB 1:21:36 as M yells a
greeting; S/C #5 M stands up 1:22:07 (still talking), D talks back 1:22:22, M
hops to pantry area 1:22:37 & flies out BSD 1:22:55, D hops to nest
1:23:10, rolls eggs 1:23:18, shimmies down 1:23:24; D amuses himself for the
next forty minutes by looking around & pecking at the outlying fluff; D
moves a twig while he gets up 2:03:52 for egg duty; D up for egg duty 2:49:36
& 3:23:37; D calls out/alerts 3:27:16 & gets up 3:27:31 still
vocalizing; he turns back to check his eggs (he has a stick stuck in his
feathers) 3:27:56 & shimmies down 3:28:19; D calls to M 3:26:15, stands up
& calls some more 3:27:31, rolls eggs 3:28:04, lays back down 3:28:17; D
stands up 4:56:16, calls to M 4:56:25, rolls eggs 4:56:51, wiggles down
4:57:02; repositions 4:58:23; S/C #6 D gets up 5:06:20, hops to RB 5:06:34,
calls to M, and flies out 5:06:42, M in FD 5:07:19, rolls-n-fluffs 5:08:00,
lays down 5:10:42; M moves a small stick 5:24:22 & pulls fluff up close
before getting up for egg duty 5:24:38, she rolls/fluffs & seems to be
listening to the loud sirens 5:25:06; she repositions, fluffs some more
5:25:24, gives the eggs a roll 5:25:32 and more fluffing before snuggling down
5:26:52; M up again for egg duty 5:27:24 & 5:57:26; M tracks D & chirps
6:04:41; D in BSD w/headless fish 6:04:49 and M squees her thanks, M stands up
6:06:10 & heads to pantry, D flies out BSD 6:06:31, M grabs the fish &
starts eating 6:06:35, M gulps down the rest of the fish 6:11:06, moves over to
tend the eggs 6:11:40, snuggles down 6:12:38; IR light on 6:30:33pm.
Thursday - January 24, 2019
M
wakes up abruptly from her tucked head position, calls out & chirps 5:55:51;
rouses 5:56:38, preens 5:57:46, tucks her head 6:01:42; M wakes up & calls
out 6:15:28 until she gets up 6:16:14 for egg duty then starts chattering again
6:16:26; M rolls/fluffs 6:17:09 then snuggles down 6:18:22; she chirps &
calls out softly to D 6:43:06; M up for egg duty 6:46:47; IR light off 7:35:01;
S/C #1 D in 8:09:41 w/partial coot, M squees and stands up 8:10:15, M hops to
back of nest 8:10:38 then to pantry 8:10:54; M gobbles down a coot leg 8:11:00
then hops to LB 8:11:13, flies out 8:11:18; D rolls egg 8:11:36, snuggles down
8:11:44; D up for egg duty 8:22:47; rouses 8:27:58 & gets up to reposition
& roll/fluff eggs 8:28:04; D up again for egg duty 9:08:50; D stands up
10:45:47, flies out BSD 10:46:01, D in BD 10:46:49 & calls to M 10:46:53, D
rolls eggs 10:47:06 & snuggles down 10:47:10; S/C #2 D gets up 10:47:48
& flies out BSD 10:47:57, M in BSD w/fish 10:48:27; M eats fish 10:48:46,
then starts on the nestover coot leg 10:49:25, gulping it down 10:50:06; M
rolls eggs 10:51:00 & fluffs fluff, shimmies down 10:53:43; M starts
chirping 11:57:46, D in BSD 11:15:59 & he alerts, D looks down at rabbit
pelt & then seems to be tracking something, D hops to LB 11:18:00 &
flies out 11:18:09; M tracks his movements 11:18:16 & calls to him; M
starts pulling in fluff 11:19:49 & appears calm; M calls out 1:44:57, M
stands up 1:45:49, hops to back of nest 1:46:07, S/C #3 M out BSD 1:46:15, D
lands on LB 1:46:22 & vocalizes 1:46:28, D to nest 1:46:52, rolls eggs
1:47:00 & snuggles down 1:47:07; D up for egg duty
2:00:05; D tracks something & calls out 2:38:00; D up for egg duty 2:56:02,
3:31:32 & 4:01:24; D gets up 4:45:39 & vocalizes & hops to LB
4:45:56; still vocalizing, he rouses then moves down LB 4:46:31 & back to
nest; D checks his eggs & snuggles down 4:46:49. S/C #4 M in BSD w/a load
of fluff 4:50:42, D gives a chirp, gets vocal & gets up 4:50:47; he hops to
the Y then to LB, rouses & out 4:51:15; M
vocal as she tracks something 5:20:01 . . . Cam 1 reset 8:47pm; Rocky runs
across Cam 2 branch 8:49:56, M wakes up and wing-slaps 8:49:58, M rolls eggs
8:50:26 & chatters to D 8:50:36, M fluffs the fluff 8:50:50, settles back
down 8:52:54pm.
Thursday - January 3, 2019
Rainy
night & morning; Eagle (M?) squawking heard (prob on back tree perch)
7:19:36 & 7:39:00; IR light off 7:39:24; more E vocals (unless it's that
mimic bluejay BEP mentioned) 7:39:36, 7:56:25; 7:57:27. M in FD 10:04:52; she
squees as D flies in BD with a nice fish breakfast for her 10:05:08; M squees
in delight & pulls the fish to her 10:05:23; D busies himself
w/nestorations while M eats; D to RB 10:08:55; M tries to swallow fish tail
10:09:57 but has a hard time, she finally gets it down 10:10:41; D steps back
down to nest from RB 10:10:54 (he’d like to have a bite or two, but M says,
Ohhhh no you don’t and eats some more); D moves a pinecone 10:11:52 & moves
some fluff; D to LB 10:13:32, rouses, & out 10:13:57; M stops momentarily
to see where he went, then resumes eating; crop drop 10:14:41; M gulps down the
last of her breakfish 10:19:12; M out BSD 10:22:13. Ground Report per GailMJ
10:35:00: “GM from the nest. Yucky and rainy but I had time to kill b4 my next
meeting. Ma is in the big pine tree behind the Protected Area sign.” D in BD
w/squirrel 11:56:51; D tries to straighten the stick that M knocked over on the
LB 11:56:39; he yanks another forked branch out from front rail 11:57:29 &
moves it to right rail; D out BSD 12:00:47. D in FD with big ole’ twiggy branch
12:22:06, he places it on the right front rail & begins tweaking it,
inching it over to the center as he tweaks; can see M fly by in background
prior to her coming in FD 12:35:53; D steps up to RB 12:53:37 & out
12:54:15; D flies by 1:00:30, then in FD w/fluff 1:00:45, he sits w/M for a
minute then tackles a branch to work on 1:02:06; kisses 1:05:20, then D
aerates; D to LB 1:10:14 & out 1:10:35; M aerates the bole 1:31:37 then
sits & waits for D; D in FD w/small stick 2:10:25; D nestorizes while M
watches; beaking 2:31:15; M steps off right rail onto nest 2:45:36; D starts
digging in the bole 2:45:51, M digs alongside D 2:46:42; M stops digging, D
also stops then moves to front of nest 2:48:05, both him & M watch
something 2:48:53; D out BD 2:52:57; M crop drops 3:29:52, preens 3:44:31; M
peers through the trees watching for D 4:17:49; D in BD w/UFO 4:18:36; M
nibbles the UFO 4:19:08; M opts for the squirrel instead 4:22:00; D steps into
the pantry & eats nestover squirrel 4:25:39; D to 11-o’clock branch 4:30:02
. . . squirrel pelt gets stuck on D's talons 5:42:09, he walks backwards trying
to dislodge it, finally succeeds 5:42:46; D out BSD 5:43:42; M in FD 5:47:32; M
digs in bole 5:50:38, slowly lays down 5:51:30. Cam 1 reset 10:15pm. M stands
up 11:09:18, backs up to right rail, PS's 11:10:33.
Tuesday - January 1, 2019
Happy New Year!
Thank You, Donna, for getting all the times today
and starting us off on the right track for the New Year!
D
in BSD 7:22:12am, he aerates the bole & picks at some sticks; D moves a
twiggy branch 7:26:26 from right rail to left rail; D out BSD 7:34:16; IR light
off 7:36:03; M in FD 7:38:28; M chirps 7:41:26 & tracks D as he flies in FD
w/stick 7:41:33, it gets placed on front rail; after working on his sticks, D
lays down in bole 7:45:52; D gets up a few minutes later and he & M have a
tender, loving moment 7:49:30 cooing & squeeing at each other; D preens
7:51:34 & M chatters to him; D to LB 7:52:14, M preens her chest feathers,
D rouses 7:52:39, D out 7:52:44. D in BSD 9:33:41; D to LB 9:39:38 & out
9:40:04; M calls out several times 9:41:24, then hops to LB 9:41:54 & out
9:41:56. D in FD w/squirrel 10:04:58, M squees heard 10:04:59, M lands on LB
10:05:01, hops to nest 10:06:00 and squees her thanks; M claims the squirrel
10:06:26 as D digs in the fluff; D rouses 10:08:02 & M is still getting
into position to prep the squirrel; M starts defurring 10:08:39; D to LB
10:09:20 & out 10:12:20; M watches him fly off then gets back to defurring;
M repositions 10:24:05, goes to the back rail 10:24:17, uses her wing a lot to
catch her balance while holding the squirrel in her beak, ends up back in the
nest 10:24:47, picks up the squirrel & backs up to the rail again 10:25:20,
still defurring; 10:27:19; after pausing to look around, M gets back to
defurring the squirrel 10:37:35; M picks up the squirrel 10:43:10 & moves
more toward the center of the nest where she finally gets down to the business
of eating, starting at the head; M starts squeeing 10:50:50; D in BSD
w/tailless fish 10:50:56; D out BSD 10:52:06; M moves remaining squirrel to
pantry after eyeing the fish 10:56:51; M picks up the squirrel 10:57:22 then
puts it back down; M pulls the catfish over to the pantry 10:57:37 & starts
eating it; D in w/big forked stick 11:06:48; D watches M eat, then softly
rouses 11:08:47; D eats a crumb 11:09:20; M gulps down a big portion of fish
11:09:43 as D watches; D rouses 11:09:59; D moves up & gets a piece of
squirrel 11:12:04, feeds M a bite 11:12:29 & 11:12:40; D feeds M another
bite 11:13:07, then he starts eating; M gives D a kiss 11:14:20, then flies out
BSD 11:14:44, D continues to eat; D moves up to pull in the huge stick he
brought in earlier 11:25:44, using foot & beak 11:26:23, moves it to right
front rail, then left front rail; a final step on it to push it down & he's
satisfied 11:27:46; D rearranges sticks on back right side 11:29:34; D moves a
small stick from the bole 11:36:46 then starts fluffing the fluff; after
looking around for a while, D checks out the nestovers 11:46:54, nips at a
piece 11:47:10, eats a bite or two 11:47:25 then cleans up a few crumbs; D
sneezes 11:49:10; D out BSD 11:50:06; D in BD w/stick 12:04:11; D works on
front-left rail, moves turns in a circle with a small stick 12:04:32 & his
tail causes the big-fork stick to bounce around 12:04:35; D places the small
stick, then gets to work on the big one 12:05:01 (doesn't make much progress);
D works on the bole 12:09:07; M lands on the LB 12:09:26; M flaps her wings
12:10:58, hops to nest 12:11:11, then turns to bite the bouncing stick
12:11:16; D takes over trying to tame the stick 12:13:09; D digs in the bole
12:23:08, then goes back to work on the big stick 12:23:51; D briefly works on
bole again 12:28:22, bumping into M (hint-hint M, D wants eggs, lol); D to RB
12:31:17 & out 12:31:27; M digs in the bole 12:38:51 then lays down
12:39:13. M shifts position and ends up with her wings half spread 2:13:24; M
shifts again, pulls in left wing a bit 2:35:09; M picks at & pulls up some
fluff 2:35:45; M throws out her right wing 2:58:38; M stands up 2:59:19; M
stretches left wing & leg 3:00:45; M hops to left rail 3:01:56; M out BSD
3:03:12; D flies low behind nest 3:16:04 & in FD w/fluff 3:16:15 (lands on
stick that's poking up at FD); moves over to nibble on nestovers 3:18:05; D
steps up onto front rail 4:00:32, flies out FD 4:00:57. M in BSD w/fluff
4:36:48; M picks up the nestover squirrel 5:26:15 & eventually settles in
to eat; D flies behind nest 5:33:02 & in BSD w/fluff 5:33:05; M gulps down
the squirrel pelt 5:36:16; M out BSD 5:38:56; D out BSD 5:42:00; E flies to
from one back tree to another 6:01:26; IR light on 6:01:42pm.
Thursday - December 20, 2018
IR
light off 7:38:47; D leaves back perch 7:43:52 & flies in BSD 7:43:57; D
moves a stick 7:44:38; D out 7:49:36; M in BSD 10:10:54, she starts squeeing
then D in BSD w/fish 10:11:00; D to RB 10:12:40 & out 10:12:55; M gulps
down most of her breakfish 10:13:22, eats a last bite 10:13:30 then picks at
crumbs; M out BSD 10:16:22; D in BSD 5:40:12pm; M lands on LB 5:50:25 , hops to
nest 5:40:57 as D moves sticks; D out BSD 5:45:28; IR light comes on 5:51:32pm.
Tuesday - December 18, 2018
Early
AM: Mr & Mrs Rocky scampering around the nest 1:08:25; P calls out from a
distance every now and then as sirens are heard 1:12:21 - 1:13:43; D in BSD
1:18:25am; digs in nest for a bit then hops to RB 1:21:08; D's on the RB
5:58:47, hops to nest 5:59:03 where he fluffs the fluff; D flops down 6:01:299,
kicking his feet; just as quickly stands back up 6:01:32; D rouses 6:03:32,
then hops to RB 6:03:54; brief glimpse of D's beak shows that he's still on the
RB 7:16:06, D hops to nest 7:16:21; M calls out from nearby 7:16:42; D out BSD
7:19:21; IR light off 7:19:55; D flies by on right side 7:31:50 & in BSD
w/stick FD 7:31:57; D hops onto front rail 7:35:01 & flies out FD 7:35:23;
M in FD 8:12:45, she squees in delight as D flies in the FD with a nice fish
8:12:59; M promptly starts in on the head 8:13:25 as D fluffs the fluff; D to
RB 8:20:19; D to nest 8:22:26 to help M nestorize; D preens 8:27:30; D to LB
8:28:52 & out 8:29:08; M quietly stands on the nest with a contented smile,
just looking around; M stretches her wings above her head 11:08:39; break over,
M rakes some of the fluff 11:09:04, pausing to look around; M out BSD 11:47:43;
D in FD w/bottom half of a squirrel 12:35:36; D out BSD 12:37:10; M lands on LB
12:43:30, walks down the branch 12:44:22, steps to nest 12:44:40; after looking
around a long time, M finally moves over to check out lunch 12:58:20, then
picks it up 12:58:28 & starts nibbling; M starts calling out as she sees D
1:39:38; D in BSD 1:40:09; D picks up a morsel from back rail and begins to eat
1:40:38; M swallows a big piece of squirrel 1:41:16; M eats a morsel by D
1:42:18; then goes back to the squirrel 1:42:39; D digs in bole 1:43:01; D out
BSD 1:46:46; D lands on LB clutching some fluff 1:51:00, hops to nest 1:51:07;
M warns him away from the squirrel 1:51:26; D rouses 1:53:46; D out BSD
1:56:49; M gulps down a big piece of food 1:59:39; she tries to down the pelt
2:00:35 but spits it back out, tries again 2:01:19 with the same result, and
again 2:01:51, she finally gulps it down 2:02:11, getting the last piece in
2:02:40; M to LB 2:13:45 & out 2:13:47. Cam
1 resets 4:05pm; IR light comes on 5:57:23; D in to LB just as IR comes on
again 6:01:16; he hops to nest 6:02:05; does a little nest straightening then
goes out BSD 6:04:09; D lands left side of nest in tree 10:02:12; hops to nest
from left side 10:04:19; Fluffs the bole then hops to RB 10:06:35pm