Thursday - February 14, 2019

Pip Watch – 37 days for Egg #1 & 34 days for Egg #2. M sleeping soundly w/head tucked 6:00:00am; she wakes up 6:08:07, preens her chest feathers 6:08:48, yawns 6:09:18 & tucks her head for a few more winks 6:11:50; M wakes up 6:52:43, stands up to roll eggs 6:55:00, snuggles back down 6:59:27; IR light off 7:12:32; S/C #1 D in BSD w/stick 7:25:00, M stands up 7:25:10 and D wrestles with the stick, M to LB 7:25:35 & out 7:25:41, D rolls eggs 7:25:53 then wiggles down 7:26:05; Egg duty 7:34:58, 7:43:34 & 8:19:14; D calls out 8:26:44; Egg roll 9:36:11, 9:56:38, 10:01:05, 10:17:46, 10:52:56 & 11:07:20; D calls out 11:14:38; D up to roll eggs 11:52:24; S/C #2 M in to LB as D calls a greeting 12:14:28; D gets up 12:14:38; D hops onto right rail 12:14:47; D to RB 12:14:48; D chatters more at M the out 12:14:58; M to nest 12:16:13; Rolls eggs and fluffs 12:16:49; M wiggles down 12:18:27; M preens & gets up 1:14:10 to aerate & give her eggs a few good rolls 1:14:54, she snuggles down 1:18:01; M preens beneath her wing 1:51:09; M up for egg duty 2:06:23 & 3:50:03; S/C #3 D in FD w/fluff 4:15:22, he gives (or maybe M took, lol) some fluff & she spreads it 4:15:31; D moves a back rail stick 4:15:38; M gets up 4:15:45 chirping softly; M & D exchange sweet nothings 4:16:08 & chattered away; M out BSD 4:16:28; D watches M leave & mumbles under his breath (couldn’t hear what he said) 4:16:41; D checks his eggs & snuggles down 4:17:02; D up for egg duty 4:43:06, 5:03:21, 5:34:08 & 6:12:03; D gets up 6:23:17, moves a step away from the bole & starts calling for M; D goes back to the bole 6:24:01, checks his eggs & shimmies down 6:24:17; D up again 6:26:31, he looks around then hops to LB 6:26:46 & out 6:26:54; D flies behind nest & perches on a branch 6:27:54; he leaves his perch & flies in the BD 6:28:23 & heads to the bole; he check his eggs right quick then shimmies down 6:28:42; IR light on 6:39:53; S/C #4 D up 6:42:28 & calls for M; M in BSD 6:42:38, D hops to LB 6:42:58, M heads for the bole 6:43:12 & D flies out 6:43:19; M rolls-n-fluffs 6:43:58 & snuggles down 6:46:01; M preens 7:19:09; M appears to be resting comfortably at 8:25:00pm.

Wednesday - February 13, 2019

Pip Watch – 36 days for Egg #1. D calls out 6:52:29; M answers 6:52:33; S/C #1 D in BSD 7:05:49, M stands up 7:06:47 & chirps, D talks back, M to LB 7:07:20 & out 7:07:23, takes a close look at eggs but doesn't roll them 7:07:30, moves a stick 7:07:44, snuggles down 7:07:50; IR light off 7:08:24; D stands up to roll eggs & reposition 7:18:30, 7:26:56, 7:38:58, 7:47:53; D dozes off 8:14:38 & 8:30:40 (so cute); egg duty for D 8:34:23, then he gets feisty with twigs in front of him; D says, “Enough of this” and just plain ole’ tucks his head to catch a few Zzzzzz’s 8:49:50; he wakes up 9:02:16 feeling refreshed & twig feisty again; D gets up 9:08:34 & moves away from the bole, he searches the area & calls out to M 9:08:47 then flies out the BSD 9:09:07; D returns to back left side rail 9:09:59, he looks around & vocalizes 9:10:12; D watches the area intently as if there may be an intruder in the area 9:10:57; satisfied things are ok, D heads to the bole 9:12:18 to tend to his eggs; S/C #2 D gets up 9:39:28 & flies out the BSD 9:39:44; M lands on LB 9:40:28, hops to nest 9:40:50; M rolls-n-fluffs, repositions & rolls-n-fluffs some more, she shimmies down 9:42:45; not quite right, M repositions 9:42:52 & shimmies down again 9:43:02; M up for egg duty 10:03:29, she does some heavy-duty fluffing; M picks at some wet fluff next to her 10:42:24 then preens; M up for egg duty 10:44:29; yawns 11:59:31; S/C #3 M calls out 12:04:40 & gets up, she flies out BSD 12:05:06; D lands on LB 12:05:44, he moves down the LB & onto the nest 12:06:01; D checks his eggs & shimmies down 12:06:05; D egg duty 12:20:54, 12:27:54, 12:50:10; S/C #4 Nice fly in as M comes in BD w/fluff 1:11:38; D calls a greeting and gets up 1:11:38; He tells M all is well as she starts to spread the fluff 1:11:49; D to RB 1:11:52; He calls out a "See ya" 1:11:55; then D out 1:12:03; M preens 1:12:34; spreads more fluff 1:13:53; makes her way to bole to roll eggs n such 1:14:14; Wiggles down 1:17:04; Spreads wings to catch balance 1:17:48; pulls fluff around her 1:17:59; Can't get comfy, M is up again 1:19:48; wiggles onto eggs 1:21:21; still not right M changes positions yet again 1:21:39; M finally settles 1:21:47; M itches her chest feathers 2:21:05; M up for egg duty 2:22:26; M shimmies in place 2:39:49; M up 3:21:55 for egg duty; M shimmies in place 3:36:27; M raises up to check her eggs 3:36:45; more shimmying in place 3:37:30; M up again to roll-n-such 3:40:37; preens 4:02:58; M up 4:17:59 for egg duty; not quite right, M is up again to take care of her eggs 4:20:38, she snuggles down 4:21:52; S/C #5 D approaches nest 4:22:26 & lands on the back side rail w/fluff 4:22:29, he rouses 4:23:31; M reluctantly gets up 4:23:36 & starts chirping 4:23:47 (D says a word or two, also); M to LB 4:23:50 & out 4:23:53; D checks his eggs 4:24:24 & snuggles down 4:24:33; D up for a quick egg check 4:39:01; D up for egg duty 4:47:43, 5:01:02, 5:28:42 & 5:32:46; S/C #6 D vocal 5:37:04 as M flies in the BSD w/stick; D up 5:37:12, hops to LB 5:37:21 & out 5:37:27; after making her way slowly to the bole, M rolls-n-fluffs 5:38:53 & snuggles down 5:41:10; M back up 5:41:51 for more rolling & fluffing & again 5:42:53; preens 6:34:20; IR light on 6:45:59pm.