Showing posts with label Stick War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stick War. Show all posts

Friday - July 5, 2019

Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy, high 94º/low 74º, chance of rain 20%.  D lands on LB 6:04:08am, steps to nest 6:04:25 to dig in the fluff & straighten up sticks; M in FD 6:12:11; IR light off 6:14:26; D to RB 6:20:34, turns around on branch 6:22:13, hops to branch on right side on nest 6:22:41, hops to a different branch 6:24:26 as M digs in the nest; D turns around on the branch & hops back to the other branch 6:24:56; D moves out of view 6:26:28, then moves further out 6:27:09 mockingbird screams & M jumps 6:27:48; D moves to a back branch (possibly flies out) 6:28:15; M scratches her head 6:28:56; D flies behind nest 6:29:46 & in over RB w/small stick 6:29:55; M backs up onto right rail to get out of D's way 6:32:17; M steps back to nest 6:40:06; M out BSD 6:43:53; M in FD w/stick 6:48:53 and D 6:49:07 tells her he wants it, stick war 6:49:14 (Dad wins); D to RB 6:52:36 (possibly files out 6:53:15); D lands on RB 6:59:53, hops to nest w/small stick 6:59:57; D hops to LB 7:04:23; D out 7:08:13; D in BSD w/pinecone stick 7:15:41; D out BSD 7:34:07; here comes the mockingbird 7:44:20 to aggravate M; MB dive-bombs M 8:51:41 & harasses her some more for several minutes; M lays down 9:21:50; M still on the nest at 10:52:00, having endured another MB attack around 10:21:00 & just before 11:00:00; she finally has her fill of pesky MB & flies out the BSD 11:01:04; late afternoon storm rolls through starting around 6:40pm; IR light on 9:17:49pm.

Sunday - April 14, 2019

(Cam clock not adjusted to DST): IR light off 6:08:26am; Cam reset 8:15:55; D in BSD 9:28:27, he pecks around a bit then lays down 9:33:37; D has been up & down for almost four hours enjoying his nest & the day; he’s still on the nest at 1:21:00; D to LB 2:15:45 & out 2:15:51; windy afternoon as M flies in BSD 3:21:56; D in BSD 3:24:51 & he moves a stick; D to front-right rail 3:38:01; D hops to RB 3:38:07& out 3:38:45; D in BSD w/stick 3:42:21; brief stick war 3:42:26 & a bit of beaking 3:42:32; nest still swaying in the wind as D hops to LB 3:53:40 & holds on tight; D flies off 3:55:43; M lays down 4:27:51; M watches something 5:37:15 & quickly hops to her feet 5:37:19; M digs in the nest 5:43:34, shakes her head 5:44:58 before hunkering down in the bole; wind dies down a bit & M stands up 6:04:48; M flies out FD 6:06:55; D in BSD 7:32:21, he digs in the nest a bit, looks around, then flies out BSD 7:35:50; IR light on 7:37:31pm.

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.

Wednesday - March 13, 2019

(Cam clock not adjusted to DST): IR light off 6:41:13am; M leaves back tree perch 6:43:13 & flies in BSD 6:43:16; D flies toward nest 6:44:18 & in BSD 6:44:22; both dig in the fluff; D out BSD 6:49:46; M out BSD 7:02:57; D in BSD w/fluff 7:11:14; D adjusts right rail 7:11:57, D out BSD 7:14:46; M in FD w/stick 7:50:51; M aerates the bole, fluffs a little fluff & watches out the BD for D; D in BSD w/fluff 7:56:02; both fluff & stuff, D works in the bole & M takes a break 7:57:23; D tackles Twiggy for some tweaking 7:59:10; M grabs some fluff 7:59:59 to spread & D helps; D to RB 8:04:54 & out 8:05:14; D in FD 8:06:00 w/stick, he places it on left front rail 8:07:55 & tweaks it; both nestorize; D rouses 8:12:42 then flies out BSD 8:12:52; M tracks D 8:13:18; D in BSD 9:36:01 w/small stick; D aerates; M loses her balance when D turns around 9:37:17; D fluffs 9:37:44; M hops over to left side of nest 9:39:26; M out BSD 9:42:19; D tracks M as she flies in FD w/big stick 9:47:19; D grabs it & M hangs on, stick war 9:47:26; M wins & puts it near front left rail; D gets M’s stick & moves it back further; D out BSD 9:50:39; M out BSD 10:17:57; D in BSD 1:29:07, he lays down 1:32:57, D still lazing around at 2:04:13; >>> Cam 1 reset 2:33pm & D was gone. M in FD 3:37:41; M calls for D every so often then goes out BSD 4:05:14; M in BSD 7:09:00, D in BSD 7:09:03, both dig in the nest; IR light on 7:10:51; D out BSD 7:12:22; M out BSD 7:13:16pm.

Wednesday - March 6, 2019

IR light off 6:45:17am; M flies by on lower-right side 6:49:34; M in FD 6:49:57; D flies toward nest 6:50:15 & in BD 6:58:18; M out BSD 6:54:01; D out BSD 6:54:21; M in BSD w/large branch 9:04:52 which she places on front rail; M sits in the middle of the nest & enjoys the view(s) for about 15 minutes before heading out the BSD 9:18:47. >>> Cam 1 reset 12:38:07. D in BD 2:38:14; digs in bole 2:38:35; M in BSD 2:40:54; D rouses 2:42:20; D trims branch at front rail 2:42:26; D pulls the branch to a vertical position 2:43:44; D puts his foot on it for better leverage as he continues to trim 2:44:30; D to 11 o'clock branch 3:02:55; D out 3:03:48; M moves vertical stick 3:04:30; D flies behind nest 3:04:31; D in BSD w/stick 3:04:50; Tug-o-stick 3:04:58; D to RB 3:08:33; D out 3:09:03; D in BSD w/stick 3:10:55; M tries to take it and stick war ensues 3:11:01; D wins and places on right rail 3:11:15; M tries to move branch at front rail 3:13:09; D to RB 3:13:32; D out 3:13:53; M to RB 3:13:57 & out 3:14:00; M in BD 5:58:31, D in BD right behind M 5:48:42; both do some fluffing 5:59:16 & D really works on the bole; D shakes himself down in the bole 6:00:56; M turns around to face BD & she brushes the top of D’s head w/her tail feathers so he gets up 6:05:05; M out BSD 6:05:21; D watches M leave but decides to try out the bole some more 6:10:24; D finally decides to get up & go 6:48:50, D out BD 6:49:55; IR light on 7:06:41pm.

Wednesday - December 19, 2018

EARLY MORN: D chatters from RB 1:26:35am; M in BSD 1:27:16; D hops to nest 1:27:34; D to RB 1:30:30. MORN: M PS's 5:13:46; D from RB to nest 5:14:20; D to RB 5:19:50; D hops to nest 7:14:16; D out BSD 7:18:41; IR light off 7:26:12; M calls to D 7:59:06; & 7:59:49 then flies out BSD 7:59:57; D in BSD 9:48:12; D to LB 9:49:41 & out 9:50:18; M in FD w/twig 9:56:56; M straightens out the fluff she drug out of the bole when she left this morning 9:58:55; D in FD 9:59:13; M rearranges sticks 10:00:02 then D takes over 10:00:26; D puts a stick on Twiggy 10:01:27 then tries to tame Twiggy by biting it; D lays down 10:05:43 & M softly squees at him; M out BSD 10:08:48, dragging fluff with her; D stands up 10:09:18; M in FD w/stick 10:09:20, stick war (D wins); D lays down 10:11:10; M squees 10:19:12, D stands up 10:19:18 & digs in bole; D squats down 10:21:05, then lays down 10:21:31; M picks up a stick & holds it over D's back 10:31:37, D gets up 10:31:41 & takes the stick from her; D lays back down 10:33:26; D stands up 11:09:36, then lays back down 11:10:14; D changes position 11:15:14; M out BSD 11:15:52; D stands up 11:16:23, rouses 11:16:38; D out BSD 11:29:57. Eagle Tart (“ET”) lands on LB 11:52:57, hops to nest 11:53:00 & seems to duck (I don't think this is D, looks like an adult intruder); intruder hops to LB 11:57:15;  hops to nest 12:00:47 & pulls up fluff;  steps up on Y-nook 12:02:51; steps up on Cam1 branch 12:03:47; steps back to nest 12:04:29; digs in the fluff 12:04:45; tucks a foot and gets comfy 12:09:40; digs in nest 12:20:51; ET moves to RB 12:25:03; walks back down RB 12:25:30; ET steps to nest 1:06:16 & skips to the BD; checks out the pantry 1:08:23 & finds a few scraps; moves over to right rail 1:12:10; rouses 1:13:54; PS's 1:18:06; struts to back of nest 1:18:10; finally flies out BSD 1:22:06. Intruder in FD 2:31:05, other eagle (D?) lands on LB 2:31:08, hops to nest 2:31:13; D hunches over the bole 2:31:40; ET beaks at D 2:32:33 & he gets out of the way; D ruffles feathers & bows head 2:32;37 and he calls out softly ; more beaking 2:39:35 & 2:39:51, brief scuffle 2:39:53; ET beaks D again 2:46:30; ET pulls at front rails 2:47:39 & side rails 2:48:09; D flies to 11-o'clock branch 2:48:40; D flies off 2:49:33 & the intruder takes off too; 2:49:34; intruder ET lands on LB 2:51:52; PS's 3:11:56, starts looking around at something 3:12:35, ET flies out LSD 3:12:43; ET in BSD 4:14:17; noise of either E flying off or rousing 4:24:46; Cam 1 reset 5:09pm. ET in BSD 5:36:20, lays down 5:37:13, gets up & goes to right rail 5:39:30; M in BSD alerting 5:40:18 & E flies out LSD; D lands on LB 5:40:22, both M & D vocal;  D hops to nest to start straightening up 5:51:46; brief stick war 5:52:04 (M lets D win); M moves a stick 5:52:24;  D moves the stick M dropped 5:52:53; IR light on 5:52:56; D flies to 11-o'clock branch 5:55:56; D flies off 5:56:31; M out BSD 5:56:38; M lands on LB 5:57:00, hops to nest 5:58:05; M out BSD 6:03:45pm.

Saturday - December 15, 2018

EARLY MORN: Can hear a Great Horned Owl in the distance for a while before D lands on left side of nest tree (some sticks at front of nest move as he lands) 3:34:20am; can see tip of wing as he shifts position 3:35:21; Flaps wings as he enters nest from the left 3:36:12; after digging in the nest a bit, D hops to RB 3:41:23; he rouses 3:41:54; M calls from a distance 3:50:28; D answers from RB 3:50:40. MORN: D eases down RB 7:15:30am & hops to nest 7:15:34; M in FD 7:25:13; both nestorize a bit; Twiggy time for D 7:27:12; both fluffing the fluff 7:27:40; IR light off 7:29:14; D steps up on front rail 7:30:20, hops up the LB 7:30:27 & out 7:31:11. D in BSD w/pine bough 8:38:37; M out BSD 8:42:08; M in BSD w/forked branch (she almost over-shot the nest) 8:44:52; D takes it away from M 8:45:03 & places it on the right rail 8:45:22 & tweaks it; M flies out FD 9:21:46; M in BSD 10:06:39, she starts calling out 10:06:49; D in BSD w/mangled fish 10:07:09; M grabs the fish 10:07:11; D moves over & digs in the bole 10:07:44 as M eats; D eyes the fish & M beaks him 10:09:07; D rearranges sticks 10:11:06; M to LB 10:21:41 & out 10:21:45; D moves over to grab the nestover fish 10:21:52; D hops on LB w/fish in beak 10:22:06 & flies out 10:22:07; M in FD 10:23:30; D flies by behind nest 10:32:48; D in BSD in w/stick 10:33:05; stick war 10:33:17; D to RB 11:31:29; D back to nest 11:39:48; D lays in bole kicking feet to shape 11:41:29; gets up 11:42:07; D to RB 11:43:14; D rouses on RB 11:43:38; D out 11:49:57; D in BSD w/stick 11:55:09; D to RB 12:04:02 & out 12:04:43pm; Cam 1 reset 12:49:02, M is still on the nest surveying her domain; M up & over the LB heading out 1:10:25; no nest activity between M’s departure & 4:10:00. D leaves trees behind nest 5:07:54 and heads toward the nest and comes in BSD 5:07:58; M starts her approach 5:08:02 and comes in BSD w/stick 5:08:05; D takes it to place on the right front rail 5:08:08; D turns to fluff bole for M 5:08:44; He moves back to front rail to adjust sticks 5:10:47; D rouses 5:12:34; Digs in bole 5:12:44; he lays in bole 5:22:53 shaping with feet; gets up 5:23:42 and works on Twiggy; D hops to RB 5:33:56; and out 5:36:01; M lays in bole 5:36:45; D in BSD w/stick 5:42:32; he places it on M 5:42:47; M tries to grab it 5:42:48; and stands 5:43:06; M out FD over LB 5:45:46; M flies by right side 5:45:53 on her way to back trees; D out BSD 5:48:46; and heads to back trees; IR light comes on 5:53:30pm.

Sunday - December 9, 2018

Rainy night & morning; Fly-by behind nest 7:24:01am; D in to LB 7:24:12, hops to nest 7:24:20 where he does some beakplowing; IR light off 7:29:40; D to LB 7:30:3 & out 7:31:02; Messy-Head M in FD 7:31:33, she also fluffs the fluff; D in FD w/fluff 7:33:09; D picks up the fluff 7:33:13 & gives it to M 7:33:15; D practically stands on M's head 7:33:29 trying to help spread fluff & aerate the nest; M picks up & moves a big pile of fluff 7:34:26, using her wing & D for balance; D out BD 7:45:25 & M watches him fly around; M out BSD 8:12:04; D in FD w/fluff 11:13:09; wet & bedraggled M lands on LB 11:13:20, hops to nest 11:13:46; D rouses 11:17:26; M out BD 11:21:30; D out BSD 11:26:28; M in FD w/fluff 12:09:17pm; D in FD w/branch 12:10:19; M out BSD 12:11:49; after digging in the nest, D has another go at Twiggy 12:12:57; M in FD with big stick 12:15:03; stick war 12:15:07; M won the stick war, so after she places the stick D goes over to move it (lol) 12:15:33; D to RB 12:20:38 & out 12:22:00; D lands on LB w/small stick 12:26:01, hops to nest 12:26:03; M out BSD 12:27:54; D out BSD 12:42:56; D in FD w/stick 1:04:30; D out BSD 1:10:18. IR light on 5:48:29pm.

Saturday - November 24, 2018

IR light off 7:13:06am; P flies by behind nest 7:13:17; D in FD w/stick 7:13:29; D to LB 7:18:44 & out 7:18:59; D in BSD w/fluff 7:39:37; D to LB 7:45:31 & out 7:46:02; D in FD w/stick in beak 9:12:25; D has another go at Twiggy 9:13:14; D to RB 9:18:43 & out 9:21:24. D in BSD w/"V" branch 9:23:27; M in FD w/stick 9:28:30…stick war! D tries tackling Twiggy again 9:30:32; blue-jay briefly lands on right side branch 9:32:14; D out BSD 9:38:18; D in w/long stick 9:40:53 & another stick war! D out BSD 9:44:06; D lands on a tree behind the nest 9:47:04; M squees encouragement to D 9:48:00; D leaves back-tree 9:49:17 & comes in BSD w/stick 9:49:25; D tries taming Twiggy yet again 9:50:55; M out BSD 9:54:07; M in BSD w/wonky stick 9:55:57; M puts stick on D's back 9:56:18, he shrugs it off & she tries placing it on right rail 9:56:40, D nips at her 9:56:44, she does a circle trying to figure out where to put her stick 9:57:07; D takes the stick from her 9:57:22 & places it on the left rail; M moves D's "V" stick 9:57:44 & he takes it from her 9:57:51; M bites at Twiggy 9:58:00; D out BSD 10:04:21; M starts calling 10:53:25, D in BSD w/furry UFO 10:53:44: M gobbles the food 10:53:50; D starts rearranging sticks 10:55:53 & M bites at Twiggy 10:56:08; M tries to help D 10:56:35, but he takes back the stick; lots more stick moving & Twiggy feaking; D starts moving sticks from right rail 11:03:13; M hops to RB to get out of D's way 11:03:59 & out 11:04:30; M in FD w/stick 11:06:13; D works on Twiggy 11:08:17; D to RB 11:14:56 & out 11:16:13; D in FD w/stick 11:18:41; D has a plan & grabs a stick 11:29:03, D puts the stick on Twiggy 11:29:23 (Twiggy doesn't move much though) 11:30:06; thwarted, D moves stick off Twiggy 11:30:05. D lays down 11:41:43 & picks at fluff; D stands up 11:43:22; M out BSD 12:02:43pm & flies low, behind the nest 12:02:53; D rearranges sticks 12:03:01; D out BSD 12:19:57.

Friday - November 23, 2018

M in FD 6:46:24am; digs in nest 6:46:36; D in to LB 6:47:48; D to nest 6:48:03; he also digs in nest 6:48:17; D works on Twiggy 6:50:55; gives up 6:51:54; D to LB 6:55:56; and out 6:56:22; IR goes off 7:03:39; D in FD w/fluff 7:08:15; D moves a pinecone 7:08:55; M grabs D's fluff and pulls it toward bole 7:09:03; D works on back rail 7:10:30; Twiggy demands his attention 7:10:59;  he focuses on rail again 7:11:08; then on fluff and bole 7:12:01; D to RB 7:16:11; out 7:18:13; D in FD w/stk 7:21:38; After placing it on the back rail and giving it a trim, he turns to dig in the bole 7:23:10; M out BSD 7:24:47; D to RB 7:28:38; and out 7:29:03; D in BSD w/fluff 7:46:45; M in FD w/big branch 7:48:50; D tugs it from her grasp 7:48:56 and places it on the front rail 7:49:04; M not happy with its placement, grabs it making D backstep 7:49:16; Stick war 7:49:23; M wins and she places it on the front rail where D had it originally 7:49:44; Not happy with that, she picks it up to move it 7:50:09; D grabs an end 7:50:23; They both work with it and D finally places it on the left front rail 7:51:26; D to RB 8:15:13; and out 8:16:40; D in FD w/long branch 8:17:55; He struggles to pull it onto the nest 8:18:04; M grabs it and lifts it with no problem 8:18:31; Stick war 8:18:36 with some beak bonking 8:18:46; D takes possession dragging it over M and places it on the back rail 8:18:49; M stretches 8:24:14; D tries once again to break Twiggy 8:24:36; D walks onto RB 8:29:14; and out 8:29:55; M watches area as the winds pick up; Cam 1 reset 9:04am; M moves to back of nest 9:23:41; M out BSD 9:24:13. D in FD w/fluff 12:06:01pm; D out BSD 12:18:18; M in FD w/fluff 12:23:36; D in to LB 12:23:42; D to nest to help with fluff 12:23:56; M moves a stick 12:24:05; D moves it 12:24:15; D to RB 12:31:25; and out 12:32:10; D in BSD w/stk 12:36:41; D rouses 12:38:23; D and Twiggy go another round 12:40:40; D to RB 12:47:40; out 12:48:21; D in FD w/stk in beak 12:50:33; Both dig in nest 12:51:10; D to RB 12:57:11; out 12:57:17; D in FD w/stk 12:59:17; D out BSD 1:02:51; D in FD w/stk 1:04:47; M hops to Y 1:05:57; M turns around and makes way to BSD 1:06:24; M out BSD 1:07:24; D gives Twiggy a tweak or two 1:07:54; M in FD w/stk 1:09:06; Tug-O-Stick 1:09:15; M drags it over D 1:09:39 before placing it at BD 1:09:56; D moves a pinecone 1:10:12; Twiggy tweak 1:10:33; M scratches an itch 1:12:14; D out BSD 1:19:53; D in FD w/fluff 1:36:34; M helps spread 1:36:40; D gives attention to Twiggy 1:40:53; D out BSD 1:43:13; M makes her way to back of nest 1:58:28; M out BSD 1:59:03. Cam 1 reset 2:00 & again 2:30. M in FD w/stick 3:12:46; M calls out several times starting at 3:33:19; D lands on LB 4:37:50, hops to nest 4:37:56 & goes to work on back rail; P's beak a bit 4:45:27 then pick at fluff 4:45:39; D out BSD 4:48:53; D in FD w/twig 4:51:13; D bites at Twiggy 4:54:00; M tries to help 4:54:38 & it leads to more back & forth beaking; M out BSD 4:55:11; M in BSD w/stick 4:57:22; D out BSD 5:06:21; M out BSD 5:09:39; D in BSD 5:23:25; M flies toward nest 5:31:48 & in BSD 5:31:52; M tries to tame Twiggy (no luck) 5:33:36, D moves to work on back rail 5:33:56; M out BSD 5:38:50 & D follows 5:39:01; IR light on 5:46:58pm.

Friday - November 2, 1018

P's do some morning chattering 7:33:29; D in BSD 7:52:15; M in BSD 7:52:40; IR light off 7:56:19; D works hard to break off limbs on left big wonky branch 7:56:38; D to LB 8:15:16 & out 8:15:45; D flies behind nest 8:18:28 & in BSD w/twig 8:18:33; D to LB 8:22:17; rouses 8:22:49; D out 8:23:11; D in to LB w/stk 8:23:39; to nest 8:23:40; D to RB 8:26:06 & out 8:26:35; M stretches 8:54:42; M to LB 9:01:30 & out 9:01:33; M in FD 9:02:51; M digs in bole 9:39:47; D in BD w/fluff 9:42:20; D works on wonky left branch moving it around 9:43:52; Places it at back rail 9:46:15 forcing M to step onto the Y 9:46:18; ; M to LB 9:47:26 & out 9:47:48; M in BSD w/stk 9:48:59; D picks up a stick at M's feet but M grabs it resulting in a stick war 9:50:14; D rouses 9:51:34; D walks onto RB 9:52:38; out 9:53:02; D in BSD w/stk 9:58:12; tug o stick 9:58:16; D wins and places it on front rail 9:58:24; D to RB 10:01:50 & out 10:01:59; Nice approach as D comes in BD 10:04:56; D to LB 10:09:16 & out 10:10:17; M out FD over LB 10:11:38; Beautiful approach as M comes in BD 10:36:57; M spends the time watching something in the area; M alerts 1:03:06; M flys out FD over LB 1:09:59; D in BSD w/stk 3:06:04; M in FD  almost landing on D 3:06:45; both dig in bole 3:07:08; M sneezes 3:09:10; D rouses 3:10:18; D to RB 3:10:22; out 3:11:26; D flies behind nest  3:13:32; D in BSD w/fluff 3:13:39; D to RB 3:19:38 & out 3:20:11; M out BSD 3:21:27; Cam1 reset 3:50pm. Cam1 went offline at 5:54pm, Cam 2 is down also and approach is still black screen.

Friday - October 19, 2018

M in BSD 7:26:30am; D in FD w/stick 7:28:25, brief stick war that D wins; IR light off 7:31:45; D to LB 7:38:00 & out 7:38:20; M to LB 7:39:02 & out 7:39:08. D in BSD w/fluff 10:36:21; he spreads it & a bluebird lands on a back branch; D to RB 10:50:19 & out 10:50:30; D in FD w/big stk 10:52:29; after do a little work & observing the area, D lays down batmobile-style 11:13:14; D gets up & preens 11:54:16; D rouses 12:19:11pm; D out RFD 12:19:39. Empty nest from 12:53 until 3:43 when cam reset. D in BSD 4:57:33, D out BSD 5:34:22. D lands on LB 7:01:04, hops to nest 7:02:25; D flies out BSD 7:12:16, then behind nest tree; IR light on 7:23:22pm.

Saturday - October 6, 2018

VideoClip: Stick War

D lands on LB before entering 1:31:39pm; M in BD 1:35:48; D rouses 1:40:01; D out BD 1:41:27; D in BD w/stk 1:44:51, stk war 1:44:57, D gets it & sets it down but M grabs it & another little stk war ensues 1:45:13; this time M gets it & places it 1:45:18; D to RB 2:13:47 & out 2:14:08; M out BSD 2:53:18pm.