April 11 - 15, 2016

The Family (4/11)

4/11 - Dad arrives early with a fish, but the fish is forgotten because of Dad's agitation. He is quite vocal and on alert. Kids hunker down. Things calm down; Mom arrives and stays with the kids all morning. Dad brings another fish in for dinner and one kid steals it. Video: Scared Babies Again

Just look at the size of those kids!

4/12 - M in FD w/fish 8:04 (65:53:05), M to LB/out 8:09 (65:59:02/15). P fly-by in the background 10:24:09 (68:13:21). cams blacked out, eaglet eating coot foot when it came back up 2:11 (72:00:30-ish). D in BD w/fish 4:50 (74:39:36), D to LB (74:39:56), D out 4:51 (70:40:42). M in BD 8:16 (78:05:22); D to LB 8:31 (78:20:36); D to nest 8:31 (78:21:09); M out BD 8:32 (78:21:47); D to LB/out 8:34 (78:23:40/52).

4/13 - Cam 1 down since 10:05 p.m. last night until approximately 9:33 a.m. today. Observations from Cam 2: 7:14 a.m. looks like one kid may have cast a pellet. D in with coot at 7:18 a.m., to LB 7:19. M in 7:59 (103:16:48) with squirrel, out BD 8:39 (103:57:20). M in with greenery 8:53 (104:11:03). Cam 1: M out BD 10:12 (42:26). D in FD w/squirrel 1:14 (03:44:44), D out BD 2:17 (04:47:22). M in BD w/fish 7:59 (10:29:28). 

4/14 - D in FD w/coot 8:53 (23:23:34); M in LB 8:57 (23:27:53, to nest 8:58 (23:28:34). D to LB/out 8:59 (23:28:56/23:29:08). M to LB/out 9:17 (23:47:27/36). P lands on right limb behind nest 9:48 (24:18:35), flies off 9:50 (24:20:15). M in FD w/squirrel 2:01 (28:31:47), out BD 2:28 (28:58:41). B7 downed the rest of the squirrel after Mom left. D in FD with headless fish 3:51 (30:21:52), out BD 4:05 (30:35:51). At around 6:13 p.m., B6 (I presume) decided to do jumping jacks and hopped all over the nest; one time even landing on B7. Video clip posted in B3 Branch Buddies.

Rob & Sheila

4/15 - Today, I'm heading to Rome and Berry College to see our beloved eagles. Tomorrow, I and several other chatters and friends will meet with Sheila, Rob's love, for a special memorial gathering. 

Bel’s Nest Log: 4/15 M to LY 9:19am (47:49:32) M out LY 9:30 (48:00:16) M in w/Squirrel LY 11:43 (50:16:15) M out BD 12:15 (50:47:07) Teen tug-a-war/B7downs pelt 12:21 (50:51:20) M in LY w/squirrel 12:54 (51:24:43) B6 Cam op 1:46 (52:15:43) M out BD 2:25 (52:56:02) D in LY w/fish 3:47 (54:17:13) D out to back left branch 4:26 (54:56:43) then out from branch 4:26 (54:56:51) M in LY w/fish 4:33 (55:04:03); M out BD 4:56 (55:26:25); M in FD 8:26 (58:56:11); Reset cam 1 9:40 pm. *4/16 D & M chatter 12:19am (02:38:20) & at 6:36am (08:55:35). Per Jani-M out 7:00 (09:20:13); M in BD w/squirrel (12:14:24); B7 casts a pellet 9:56 (12:16:07); M out BD 10:35 (12:55:13); M in FD w/squirrel 10:42 (13:01:37); D in FD w/fish 10:52 (13:12:10); D out BD 10:59 (13:19:20); M out BD 1:56 (16:16:13); M in FD w/fish 4:38 (18:58:24); M out BD 5:17 (19:36:25).