February 22, 2017 (Wednesday)

Bel's Nest Log
(Rainy) - Per TNT, BEL, JerriM & JaniBop - MORNING: M up 6:52:34, wing flaps to dry off 6:52:47, flaps some more 6:53:47, 6:54:16, 6:54:24 all the while perched on Y nook; hops down to nest 6:54:57 and offers a bite to one baby 6:55:13; M begins to feed the babies 6:55:23; M takes a bite of sketti for herself 7:05:38; M fluffs and settles over the babies 7:12:47; IR light off 7:13:50; M still brooding 7:47:00; M sees D & starts calling 7:49:43; D in FD w/coot 7:49:57 & M continues to chirp; M gets up 7:51:12, D rouses 7:51:33, D to LB 7:51:54 & out 7:52:08; M rouses 7:52:26; S/C#1-M to LB 7:52:47 & flaps wings, M out 7:53:29, D in LB 7:53:53, D to nest 7:54:47; B8 PS 7:55:34am; D feeds coot to babes 7:56:08; D rouses 8:18:13; babies sleeping & tucked under D, but start squirming around 8:18:41; D up to fluff 8:19:40 & attempts to keep the babies covered; M in LYB 8:24:28; D chatters to M 8:24:38; S/C#2-D up 8:25:18; D to LYB 8:25:41 & out FD 8:25:47; M wing flaps 8:26:39; M to nest 8:26:45 and eats some coot then begins to defeather; M feeds babies 8:28:51 but they're not too interested at first & then only one baby eats; M fluffs & nestles over the babies 8:36:19, M finally nestles down 8:39:56; our poor drenched & disheveled M gets up 10:07:17; front B has a GOOD PS at 10:08:00; M feeds the front B more coot 10:08:19 while back B watches; M accidentally pulls part of the coot over on back B 10:09:57; back B finally gets a bite 10:10:29; M rouses to shake off some rain 10:14:29; M moves away from the pantry 10:17:37 & does a little preening; M covers the babies and starts tucking them in & fluffing 10:18:31, all 3 are settled in by 10:22:02; nothing but brooding going on until 11:00:34; M grabs a coot foot 11:02:15 & gets up 11:02:22, M feeds the kids meat off the coot leg 11:03:12 but they don't seem hungry, M eats coot foot 11:05:04; M to LB 11:06:39 & out 11:06:50; kids bonk 11:16:15; M in FD 11:16:36; S/C#3-D in FD w/fluff 11:43:40; & M chirps softly at him, M gets up 11:44:24, M to LB 11:44:41 & out 11:44:55; D tries to feed babies but they are in a food coma 11:48:54; Feeds 11:52:27; D Settles on babies 11:58:36. AFTERNOON: D gets up 1:03:58; D feeds babies 1:07:14; D tucks babies 1:23:51; S/C#4-M in FD w/grass 1:58:35; D gets up 2:00:46; D out BD 2:01:36; M preens 2:08:52; D in FD w/grass 2:09:09; D works on wonky stick 2:09:39; M starts nibbling on nestovers 2:11:00; Eats coot foot 2:11:24; D to RB 2:13:34; D out towards back 2:14:04; M works on wonky stick 2:40:37; D in LB w/partial fish 2:47:52; M squee's at D telling him to leave; M feeds babies 2:51:11; D to LB 2:53:13; D out 2:53:52; M to LB 3:15:22; S/C#5-M out 3:15:38; D in FD w/grass 3:19:20;D tucks grass around babies 3:41:04; M in FD w/partial squirrel 4:07:04; M out BD 4:11:34; D moves coot head to pantry and starts eating it 4:16:56; D feeds babies 4:17:24; D rouses 4:35:04; S/C#6-M in BD w/stick 4:50:29; D to RB 4:50:44; D out 4:52:06; ps 5:04:49; M bites at flies 5:11:32; M tackles wonky stick again 6:06:13; M gives up 6:10:16; M feeds 6:10:55.