March 30, 2017 (Thursday)

Bel's Nest Log

(47 & 45 days) - B's spent the night alone, no parent in sight; B9t PS 6:34:31am then stretches, wing flaps & preens; B9 lays back down 6:41:11; IR light off 7:16:43; B9 picks up a pellet 7:24:25 then a stick; B9 finds a scrap of food & B8 tries to get it 7:26:30; B8 gets up 7:28:30 & PS 7:28:53 then wing flaps; B9 wingercises & B8 watches fascinated 7:29:50; B8 grabs a scrap & wingercises 7:30:42; B8 lays down next to B9 7:41:18; D in BD w/fish 8:30:52; D fans his tail 10:30:11; D feeds B8 11:07:53; D out BD 11:33:43; B8 looks at cam 1 11:56:16 & then wingercises 11:56:31; B9 wingercises 11:59:00; B8's turn 11:59:58; D in to LB 12:34:04; (branch hardly moved); D rouses on LB 12:55:17; D to nest 1:07:48; Feeds B8 1:08:22; B8 wingersizes 1:10:00; B9 moves in to eat 1:10:06; B8 wingersizes and steps on B9 1:14:27; B8 ps 1:20:16; D to LB 1:20:37; D out 1:20:51; M in LSD w/fish 4:53:59pm; M feeds B9 4:54:22 and B8 4:55:08; M to LB 5:09:16 & out 5:09:21; B8 nest surfs 5:09:39; B9 plays with something in the nest (pellet?) 5:10:15 while B8 is still enjoying the wind; B attacks a pinecone 5:12:02; B9's turns to flap in the wind while B8 checks out the pinecone 5:12:45; B9 moves a stick & they lays down next to B8 5:24:09; B8 gets up to stretch & preen 6:24:00;B8 PS then wing flaps 6:31:56 M in BD 7:54:36 & D in BD right after her 7:54:44; D out BD 7:55:03; lightning strikes close to nest 7:58:33; IR light on 8:12:05pm; M rouses 10:37:43; B-back rouses 10:37:57; M to LB 10:38:56; B-back PS 10:39:09; B-back/left rouses & lays back down 10:41:34; B-right gets up 11:39:26, PS 11:39:58 wing flaps & preens; B-right lays back down 11:48:47pm.