May 11, 2017 (Thursday)

Bel's Nest Log

(89 & 87 days old) EARLY MORN: B8 to nest from 11:00 branch 1:09:47am. MORN: B8 up at 6:09:51; B8 to LB 6:15:47, back to nest, PS 6:17:54, to & from 11:00 branch 6:19:00; can see B9 moving on tree behind Cam 2 branch 6:29:13; IR light off 6:37:05; B8 to 11:00 branch 6:38:56; B8 to nest 6:42:49, to LB 6:42:51, to Cam pole & back to LB 6:43:01; B9 flies off back tree 6:43:30; B9 lands on back right limb of nest tree 6:44:07; B9 flies to 11:00 branch 6:45:54, to nest 6:46:28 & beaks with B8; both on Y-nook 6:47:20; B9 to nest 6:48:07; B8 to nest 6:48:18; B9 to LB 6:52:17 & out 6:52:38; B8 to Cam1 branch 6:54:00, to LB 6:54:17, to nest 6:54:29; B8 to RB 6:55:14 & out 6:55:54; B9 to nest 8:43:56; B9 lands on back right branch 8:48:23 & comes in BD 8:48:42; B9 to Y 9:04:41; B9 hops next to cam1 9:05:58; B9 out 9:07:34; B8 to Y 9:16:28; B8 to RB 9:16:58; B8 out 9:17:34; M in FD w/morsel of food 9:24:11; B9 in BD 9:25:30 and gulps down food; B9 attacks M's talon 9:25:48; M to LB 9:26:01 & out 9:26:12; B9 to LB 9:31:13 & out 9:31:52; B8 in BD 10:32:16; B9 in BD 10:32:22; D in BD w/squirrel (roadkill, mostly pelt) 10:48:46; D hops to LSB as babies fight over it 10:48:49; B9 gets it 10:48:53; B8 makes a grab and steals it 10:49:12; D out BD 10:49:43;food fight (tug-a-squirrel & back & forth stealing) 11:13:45; M in FD w/fish 12:19:28 & B9 makes the grab; M to LB 12:20:53; B8 M hops back on the nest 12:24:16 & B8 rushes her; B8 claims the fish 12:24:51; M hops back to LB 12:25:49 & flies off 12:26:10; B9 to LB 2:19:26; B9 out 2:19:35; B8 to BB 2:26:29; B9 in BD 4:02:47; B9 to Y 4:03:33; B9 to right of cam 4:12:45; B9 out 4:13:31; B9 in BD 4:34:01; B8 to nest 4:35:06; B9 out FD 4:49:01; B8 to nest 7:46:32; B8 to BB 7:47:16; IR comes on 9:01:08 with B8 still on BB and B9 probably somewhere in a nearby tree.