March 19, 2017 (Sunday)

Bel's Nest Log

M wakes up 6:13:51am; yoga stretches 6:15:05, 6:17:43; one kid PS 6:18:51; M crop drop 6:20:35; other kid PS 6:21:06; M calls to D 6:22:16; M calls to D 7:13:20; M crop drop 7:15:18; M yoga 7:15:30; M turns around 7:15:46 w/wings spread & hops further up the LB 7:15:54; M out from LB 7:16:04 as kids watch her leave; B9 crop drop 7:16:32, then some beak kissing; IR light off 7:28:27am; B8 crop drop 7:34:57; B9 crop drop 7:37:20; B9 tries to cast pellet 7:38:30; B8 picks at pellet 8:05:55; B8 & B9 play pick-up-stix 8:06:27 until B9 stands up & flap wings 8:07:50; B9 PS 8:09:49; B8 stands stall 8:11:30; 8 PS 8:12:17; M in to LB 8:24:33; M calls to D 8:24:50 & calls louder 8:25:49 & louder 8:27:10; D in FD w/large headless fish that gets hung up on wrong side of LB 8:27:16 & almost gets away; M jumps to nest & encourages D to "reel in" the fish 8:27:26 & D pulls fish into nest 8:27:37; M grabs fish & starts feeding breakfish 8:28:42; D to RB 8:31:42 & out 8:32:19; M to LB 10:02:29 & out 10:02:36; nuthatch on RB 10:12:00; M in BD 11:48:37; M starts feeding B8 12:00:24; B9 steps up to the lunch table 12:01:15; B9 PS 12:04:44; M sees D and starts calling 12:44:30; D in FD w/fish #2 12:44:57; M grabs the fish & pulls it in the pantry 12:46:41; D to LB 12:47:23 & out 12:47:38; M feeds B8 nestover fish 12:49:33; D in to LB 12:52:51 & M chirps & squees at him; D to nest 12:55:38 & M continues to feed B8; M out BD 1:04:17; D feeds B9 1:06:44; something flies over nest 1:07:33 & gets D's attention; (ground report from JimmyP states that Mom was escorting a sub-adult out of the area when he arrived at the nest area.) D resumes feeding B9 fish 1:11:35; D vocally alerts 2:58:21 then flies out the FD 2:58:25; (another ground report from JimmyP said that two 2 adult eagles followed Mom in to the nest area & Dad went after them screaming, they have since left the area.); M in to LB 3:02:49; M to nest 3:08:29; M offers a few bites to B8 3:09:33 then feeds B9 3:10:50; M calls to D 5:51:41; M stretches 5:52:12; M to LB 5:52:29 & out 5:52:51; parent (Dad?) flies by left side of nest 5:53:51 D lands on back left branch 5:54:30; D to nest 5:54:55; D out BD 6:14:11; nuthatch on side of nest under Berry College logo 6:43:14 then it flies to the right branches 6:43:19 & B8 wing slaps at it 6:43:33pm; Mr Nuthatch is back 7:53:26 & is under the Berry logo again as kids watch him 7:57:10; D in to LB 8:07:40; M in BD w/fluff 8:09:03; D moves down LB 8:09:13; D to nest to help spread fluff 8:09:33; D walks the raisl to get to right side of nest 8:11:11pm; D messes with back rail 8:12:10; D digs in nest & kids crowd him as if he's got food 8:13:00; B9 PS 8:13:22; B8 PS 8:14:06; D out BD 8:15:09pm; IR light on 8:21:42.

February 21, 2017 (Tuesday)

Bel's Nest Log
Per BEL, JerriM & JaniBop: M starts her morning yoga routine 6:54:40am; eaglet PS 6:55:26; B-left grabs M's beak a few times (ready for b-fast?) 6:57:37 & 7:00:27am; M does a few more stretches 7:00:45 then preps squirrel for breakfast 7:0136; feeding starts with B-left 7:01:50; IR light goes off 7:04:33; B-right steps up to the plate for breakfast 7:06:26; M sees D starts talking 7:31:08; D in FD w/fish 7:31:14; M grabs the fish 7:33:48 & starts feeding B's breakfast 7:34:14 ; D hops to LB 7:34:59 & out 7:35:29; D in FD w/fish #2 8:16:16am; D to LB 8:18:34 & out 8:18:51; D flies past right side of nest 8:21:37; S/C#1-D in BD w/fluff 8:22:00; M & D both alert 8:23:57, M to LB 8:24:18 both still alerting, M out to give chase 8:24:35 (on chat, some saw an intruder fly over nest on appr cam…dvr way too long to find it; D rouses 8:26:19; D feeds babies 9:06:25; ALL CAMS/DVR RESET 9:25am. D up at 10:18:25, B9 stands straight up, flaps his wings as to say " I'm the king of the world"; Feeding 10:20:12; D tucks in babies 10:30:36; S/C#2-M in BD w/grass 10:36:24; D to Y nook 10:39:35; D hops onto RB 10:39:56; D out 10:40:04; After standing and preening for a while M begins to eat at 11:08; M Feeds babies 11:11:38; Feeding 1:01:49; ps B8 1:02:55; S/C#3-M to LB 1:18:33; M out 1:18:43; D in to LB 1:19:00; D to nest 1:19:25; Feeding 1:20:25; 1:23 babies slowly creeping out of the nest hole again; S/C#4-D out BD 2:03:44; M in FD 2:08:41; Feeding 2:35:44; M settles 3:13:06; M shakes off rain 5:02:33; Feeding 5:02:54; M covers babies 5:18:20.

February 14, 2017 (Tuesday)

Bel's Nest Log

Per BEL, JerriM, JaniBop - NOTE: Cam 1 blacked out around 4:00am but Cam 2 & Appr Cam are up. CAM 2- M is up & stretching 6:59am, feeding 7:00am; IR light off 7:09am; feeding over, M lays on eaglets 7:11am; S/C#1-D in with fish-?, can barely see fishtail at top of screen 7:18am, D gets up 8:30am, Eaglets PS 8:30:35 & some bonking as D feeds them fish 8:31am; M in FD 8:39:27...(eats fish?)...M out ?; Stand off & S/C#2-D looks up at cam & M in BD 9:00:32 w/fluff, D gets up 9:04:57, D out 9:05:36, M feeds them fish 9:06; CAM 1 back up 9:25am, times are now from Cam 1; D in FD w/fish 9:34:25, D to LB 9:35:42 & out 9:36:03; M up to fluff bole & resettles 9:57 & shifts around again 10:00am; M up 10:29:58 feeding fish as B8 bites B9 on his head to keep him down, M settles back down at 10:47:40; M sounds vocal alert 12:10:53-12:13:16pm; Intruder flies behind nest at 12:13:00, looks like a subadult; M still watching something sounds the alert again 12:21:59-12:24:03, M vocal 12:24:40-12:25:00 & 12:25:15-12:25:35 & 12:25:55-12:26:00, S/C#3-M gets up & still vocal 12:26:04, M to LB 12:26:57, M out as D comes in BD D in BD at 12:27:01 begins feeding; B9 didn't rouse to eat this time; D settles at 12:38:32; B9 does PS at 12:50:28; B8 even bonking Dad in 1:15 feeding, D settles back down at 1:24; D gets up 2:31:04; feeds 2:32:08; M in BD 2:43:10; M takes over feeding 2:43:45; D moves over to partially cover babies while mom still feeds 2:45:32; M to LB 2:48:36; M out 2:48:43; S/C#4-Mom in BD at 3:37:18, D gets up 3:37:53, D to RB 3:38:01, D rouses 3:39:09 D out 3:37:17, M grabs fish in pantry 3:39:40 & eats a few bites, M feeds the kids 3:43:22 and settled down at 3:51:20; M up at 4:46:30 to feed babies; M resettles at 4:59:32.

January 23, 2017 (Monday)

Video: Mad Dad

(See Bel's Nest Log and Gena Flanigen's Photos Below)

Bel's Nest Log
EARLY MORNING: M gets up 12:54:45am; M rouses & flaps wings to shake of rain 12:55:02, M rouses again 12:56:11 then fluff bole; M rolls eggs & then faceplants as she shimmies down on eggs 12:57:54; M gets up again to roll-n-fluff 1:00:03am; M settles back down 1:01:15am; per TNTalons-M up 02:13:56; M flaps wings to shake off rain, rouses, flaps some more, has a PS, & flaps again 02:14:02-02:14:58; M rolls eggs & digs in bole 02:15:31; M starts to shimmy down 02:16:57, but decides to roll eggs again 02:17:10; M settles down on eggs 02:17:24; M hunkers down as the rain really pours 02:26:00-04:20:00; M up, she rouses, flaps, rolls eggs, digs in bole, rolls eggs & pecks some more, shimmies down 04:20:40-04:23:01; M up, rouses, pecks & rolls, shimmies down 04:46:19- 04:48:43am. MORNING: a very wet M calls to D 7:31:54am; M gets up very wet and left wonky leg very stiff 07:44:28; M hobbles over to LYB 07:45:03; S/C#1- M leaps onto LYB 07:45:08; M out LYB 07:45:14; D in BD 07:45:25; D rolls, and shimmies onto eggs 07:45:56. AFTERNOON: Per Jani-Intruder lands below nest Cam 2 - 13:29:13; Per BEL-Juvie intruder tries to come to nest Cam1-2:43:17 (Cam2-14:40:43) & D fends it off; D still riled up, agressively flaps wings 2:43:29 & 2:43:34 2:43:46; D heads back to eggs 2:43:57 & shimmies down on them 2:44:05; Intruder lands on back-right branch 3:06:06pm & D sounds the alarm; M in BD w/fluff 3:22:30; D hops off eggs & goes after intruder 3:22:31. EVENING: M starts squeeeing as she sees Dad 6:23:25pm; D in BD w/food (partial squirrel?) 6:23:28; M gets up 6:23:31; M grabs food 6:23:41; D out BD 6:24:13pm; M attempts to eat pelt, 6:25:30; M tries to swallow pelt again 6:26:05; after eating some pieces, M gulps down pelt 6:26:49; after dinner, M does a little egg rolling & nest fluffing 6:28:09pm then settles down on eggs. Photographs by Gena Flanigen.

December 20, 2016 (Tuesday)

Bel's Nest Log

D in LB 7:20:43am, to nest 7:20:52; D out BD 7:30:10. DVR reset 9:16am; D & M both still on nest after reset; D out BD 9:22:48; D in FD w/stk 9:38:41; M out BD 9:45:06; D out BD 9:45:22; D in BD w/twig 3:59:18pm; Cam1/dvr reset 4:06pm; Dad tests the nest bole & quickly gets back up to move a few pieces of fluff 4:06:20; D preens 4:09:00; he tests the bole again 4:14:19 & not satisfied quickly gets up to move grass & sticks; D out BD 4:29:50; per JaniBop - D in to LB 06:00:50; D to nest 06:01:49; D out BD 06:03:17.

December 19, 2016 (Monday)

Video: Inquisitive Intruder

(See Bel's Nest Log Below)

Inquisitive Intruder pulling on twine.

Bel's Nest Log
D in from left side 07:07:32am (dvr 22:38:xx); he digs in the bole then lays down briefly to test it 07:09:19am; after a few adjustments, D settles in the bole 07:10:01; D gets up as M arrives on the LB 07:23:29am (dvr 22:54:37), M to nest 07:22:39; both do some bole-dozing; IR light goes off 07:27:26am; D to LB 07:29:45 D out 07:29:59; M rouses 07:31:00; M out FD 07:31:22; D in FD w/fluff 08:41:28am (24:12:xx); D out BD 08:45:20am; Intruder eagle (IE1), guessing 4 or 5 years old, lands on lower left branch 09:04:15am (DVR Cam1-24:35:xx, Cam2- 07:01:48, Appr cam-18:39:35), goes to the nest at 09:05:25; IE1 pecks at nesting material 09:05:20am; IE1 out BD 09:07:33; D in FD w/pinecone stick 9:17:33am (dvr 24:49:xx); D to LB & out 9:28:32am; Dad lands on LB 10:08:14am (dvr Cam1 25:34:xx, Appr cam 19:43:xx); D peal calls as intruder eagle (IE1) comes in to RB 10:09:35; IE1 to nest 10:09:40am; IE1 moves a stick 10:11:30; D on LB calls again 10:12:17. IE1 grabs the twine on LB at 10:12:34 & tugs it again at 10:12:42; IE1 goes to LB & pecks at D's leg 10:13:03; D flies off 10:13:24; IE1 back to nest 10:15:51, IE1 out BD 10:16:06; D in BD w/stk 10:23:08; D rouses 10:28:39; D out BD 10:33:00; M in FD 12:27:35pm & digs in nest bole; M out BD 12:34:39. Per Jani-D in FD 01:04:33 & M in shortly after (cam reset); per BEL-D out BD 1:29:40pm; D in BD w/stk 1:31:21 & stick war ensues; M out BD 1:34:23; M in FD w/stk 1:34:59 & another stick war; D out BD 1:39:08; D in FD w/small stk 1:41:19 & after he keeps poking M with it she takes it from him; D out BD 1:45:18; M out BD 1:51:29; Cam 1 reset 3:37pm; D in BD w/fluff 3:58:14pm; D out BD 4:10:58; D in BD w/pine branch 4:13:13; D out BD 4:18:58; D in BD w/stk 5:17:21pm; D's stick gets the better of him & ends up on his head, lol 5:18:15pm; D out BD 5:27:16.

December 8, 2016 (Thursday)

Video: Ferocious Dad

(See Bel's Nest Log Below)

Bel's Nest Log
Per BEL-D in LB 7:07:06am (approx 112:58:xx dvr), to nest 07:07:24; D out BD 7:14:11am; D in BD w/fluff 7:45:02 (113:34:xx); M in FD w/fluff 7:48:58; D rouses 7:53:02am; M to LB & out 7:53:47/7:53:56; D to LB & out 7:54:50/7:54:59; Flyby behind nest 8:55:04; D in FD w/UFO (unidentified food object)...on alert/yelling...someone followed him home 8:55:18am (cam1 dvr 114:45-ish). The eagle that followed Dad hovers in front of the nest tree (you can see it on appr cam around dvr 136:25:xxh). D eats a few bites 8:57am. D to LB 11:21:54am, out 11:22:06. D in BD 11:33:28am; M in FD w/fluff 11:35:50; M grabs nestovers 11:36:00; Dad tugs on a a stick while M swallows last of nestovers 11:45:30; after working on nest bowl, D tests it out 11:50:04; D to LB 11:56:44, D out 11:57:14; D in FD w/fluff 12:01:27pm; D to LB 12:19:07, out 12:19:58; M to LB & out 12:25:01. Per JaniBop - M in BD w/stick 03:08:04; M to LYB 03:14:40; M out 03:14:54. Per BEL-D in BD w/fluff 4:23:12; D out BD 4:29:36; D in FD w/twig 5:18:10pm; D out BD 5:22:16.