February 20, 2017 (Monday)

Bel's Nest Log
Per BEL, Sasha68, JerriM, & JaniBop: M gets up, stretches & flaps wings 6:56:37am; M selects squirrel to feed for breakfast 6:58:39 (kids don't seem too excited & M doesn't insist); M flaps wings again 6:59:58 & 7:00:43; M to LB 7:01:02 & out 7:01:14, IR light off 7:01:45am, eaglets wrestle then snuggle 7:03:32, M in FD 7:08:43; M rouses 7:12:05; M carefully moves over to fluff-n-tuck in the babies 7:14:29; feeding 7:43am; (M has a downy feather on her beak 7:45:04 & eaglet seems distracted by it instead of the food, the fuzzy falls off & feeding continues); S/C#1-D in LB w/fluff 7:50:34, D to nest 7:50:39; D grabs the catfish head 7:51:12; D wants to snuggle the kids so M wraps up the feeding 7:53:55; M to LB 7:54:03 & out 7:54:10; D gets off fluff-balls after watching something in the distance 8:49:26; B8 starts bonking 9 8:49:35; D rouses 8:49:44; B8 has a feather caught in beak and begins to bonk D's leg feathers 8:49:47; D feeds nestover 8:51:05; B9 got in some bonking on 8 8:51:20; Both got fed very well by D; D shimmies onto bubs 9:00:07; S/C#2-M in BD with fluff 9:19:54; D chatters to M 9:19:58; D takes some fluff from M's beak & spreads it around 9:20:05; D gets off bubs 9:20:25; D out BD 9:20:40; M feeds nestovers to bobbles 9:58:20; Bonking starts by B9 and B9 failed and got bonked down by B8 9:58:45; B8 PS 9:59:42; Blue jay flies past outer right side of nest 10:03:44; M calls out in excitement over D coming in food 11:11:38; D in LB w/fish 11:11:54; B9 PS's 11:23:05; M feeds fresh fish to B9 while B8 sleeps 11:23:11; D sits behind bobbles 11:26:25; S/C#3-M to LYB 11:28:13; M out LB 11:28:23; B8 sticks it's head under D 11:40:44; D up and moves over to the fish 12:08:09, B8 PS at 12:09:44, D begins to feed the kiddos at 12:12:29; Eagle flew behind the nest at 12:12:15, little bonking by B8 at 12:21, D settles behind the kids at 12:22; S/C#4-M in FD w/squirrel 12:45:36, D talks to her & fills her in on his shift 12:45:45, D out BD 12:47:52; M sneezes 12:51:57-12:52:01; B8 begins to climb out of bole 12:53:01; M feeds squirrel & then fish 12:53:35; B9 PS's 12:54:31; M looks straight into C1 12:56:29; M accidentally bumps into B8 with her beak and B8 almost falls backwards 12:56:45; Both got fed & stuffed; B8 climbs out the rest of the way out of bole 1:03:02pm; Cam2-M covers B8 head with fluff 13:05:09; B8 head back into bole 13:06:21; Cam 1-B8 moves up nest rim & lays head on fish 1:13:08pm; B9 has a feather beard 1:13:43; M chases flies and taps on B8 beak and scares B8 to fall backwards 1:14:50; B8 bites at M's talons 1:33:17; B8 PS's 1:33:50; B9 ventures out 1:36:02; B9 inches closer to mom 1:40:17; M moves fish 1:43:16; M moves to bole to dig it out again 1:51:18; Feeding 3:05:51; M stretches 3:53:45; digs in bole 3:55:58; M plucks at squirrel 4:01:04; Feeding 4:04:02; M drops sketti on B8 4:22:13 and 4:22:30; M moves squirrel over B8 4:25:24; B9 eats 'cause B8 is too full 4:25:53; Sketti lands on B8 again 4:26:42 & on B9 4:27:04; M digs in bole 5:44:30; M ps 5:44:00; B8 makes its way toward mom 5:46:04; B9 ps 5:46:39; M moves in to cover B8 and pull him/her in 5:46:54; B9 crawls up to mom 5:49:2 & gets; under 5:49:58; S/C#5-D in BD w/catfish head 5:50:20; Feeding 5:59:54;M to LB 6:30:22; M out 6:30:37; D moves in next to babies 6:31:51; S/C#6-M in FD w/grass 6:34:47; D out BD 6:37:03pm.