April 21, 2017 (Friday)

Bel's Nest Log

(69 & 67 days); Per Jani - M hops to Y from RB 12:50:02; M hops to LB 12:50:34. Per TNT - Cam 1 reset 3:28:33am. M spent night on LYB & one B spent the night going back & forth from the nest to the Y-nook; B-back up 6:34:04; B-front to nest 6:34:22; B-back vocal 6:34:42, PS 6:35:07, wing flaps 6:35:36; B-front preening M 6:35:54, to Y-nook 6:39:38, wing flaps; M turns around on RYB 6:40:53 & out while B-back (B9?) chirps at her as she leaves; B-front (B8?) wing flaps 6:41:30, to nest 6:42:05, head scratch, backs up to Y-nook 6:42:38; B9 wingercizes 6:43:00; B8 wingercizes 6:43:13; IR light off 6:45:57. Per ShellyM (chatter) - B9 takes a short air flight from LB to right side 11:57:48. Per Jani - M in BD w/rabbit 1:13:18; and B8 gets it; M grabs it 1:14:09; B9 pulls on it as M feeds B8 1:14:15; M feeds B9 some 1:14:28; B8 self feeds off of other end 1:24:44; Both babies sharing 1:29:32; M to LB 1:30:33; M out 1:30:41; B9 grabs the ear and self feeds 1:31:38; B8 drags it toward the back of the nest 1:33:03; B8 to Y as B9 continues to nibble 1:34:58; Wind picks up and both babies take advantage and wingersize 1:39:08; B9 grabs the main part of rabbit and nibbles 1:39:26; B8 moves farther out on LB 1:40:43; moves back down a bit 1:43:22; M in BD w/fish 3:20:23; B8 grabs it and won't let go 3:20:24; M wins and starts feeding B9 3:20:32; B8 steps up to the table 3:22:31; B9 ps 3:38:36; M to LB 3:39:24; M out 3:39:28; B9 to Y 3:40:09; B8 walks to left side of Y 3:40:21; Cams reset 3:45pm; B8 thermogates 4:12:55 (nice view of her under wings 4:24:29); B9 hops next to her 4:25:14; then nibbles on her wing 4:25:29; B8 wingersizes 4:52:39; B9 walks onto LYB 5:10:24; moves up branch 5:11:56; B8 hops to nest 5:32:02; B9 comes down branch to wingersize 5:32:33; B8 goes to Y 5:38:58; B8 hops to nest to stretch 6:17:53; B8 lays down 6:18:10; B9 pulls at nestover rabbit 6:30:18; B9 hops to LB and wingersizes for a bit 6:34:33; walks out of cam view 6:37:42; B9 in and out of view for a bit; B8 comes to the Y then back to the nest 7:10:55; B8 hops around nest for a bit then settles on the Y nook 7:13:45; then off again...lol; finally lays down 7:17:28; B8 up again 7:18:04; pulls at a branch 7:18:19; then to Y nook 7:18:36; B8 goes to munch on rabbit 7:44:47; after jumping around some more, B8 lays in nest 7:57:40; B9 jumps down into nest 8:30:18; Flaps around; B9 jumps on B8 8:31:28; B9 lays down next to B8 8:32:52; IR comes on 8:45:38pm.

March 13, 2017 (Monday)

Bel's Nest Log

M wingflaps & stretches 7:27:08am; M to LB 7:27:52 & out 7:28:08; B8 ps 7:28:47; IR light off 7:43:47; B9 casts a pellet 8:02:24; B9 ps over B8's head 8:08:39; M in FD w/fish 8:22:13; B8 bonks B9 8:22:23; M feeds B8 8:23:00; B9 gets a bite (with his back to B8) 8:25:18 & then gets a lot more; feeding time over & B8 ps 8:30:53; M to LB 8:35:03 & 8:35:13; M in to LB 8:40:13; D flies in FD (to the right of M) w/breakfast bird 8:41:38; still squawking to D, M jumps to the nest 8:46:41; D to LB 8:47:03 & out 8:47:17; B8 nibbles at coot head 8:48:22; M drags bird over to pantry 9:12:55; M de-feathers breakfast 9:13:30; M out BD 9:36:35; M in FD w/fluff 9:39:00; D in to LB 9:40:20; D hops to RB & grabs M's pine branch 9:40:39 where a stick war ensues; M wins and drops stick 9:41:23; D turns & flies off 9:41:46; B8 ps 9:42:39; B8 ps 11:31:03; M feeds B8 11:45:50; B8 ps 11:54:39; M eats bird head (duck, coot?) 11:54:42; M feeds B9 a bite 11:57:37; M tries to cover babies 12:00:00 (they're too big); D in FD w/partial rabbit 1:27:30pm; D moves to right side of nest to move a stick 1:29:36; S/C#1-M out BD 1:32:32; D heads over to the pantry 1:33:23; D offers B8 a bite 1:34:09; B8 tries to self-feed on rabbit 1:34:22 then Dad offers more bites from bird; S/C#2-M drops in BD w/fluff or greenery 1:35:49; M starts feeding B9 1:40:43; D to RB 1:41:44 & out 1:41:54; S/C#3-D in FD w/fluff 1:58:06; M to LB 2:01:20 & out 2:01:58; S/C#4-M in BD w/fluff 2:09:58; D to LB 2:13:03 & out 2:14:08; M snuggles w/eaglets 3:38:55; kids get restless so snuggling session over 4:00:05; M feeds B8 4:22:13; B8 is finished eating so B9 moves over picks up a bite from the nest 4:31:53; M feeds B9 4:32:05pm; B9 plays with a skinny stick 4:40:40; M to LB 4:41:20 & out 4:41:29; B9 ps 4:42:19; M in FD 4:44:06; M moves pinecone 4:44:26.

March 4, 2017 (Saturday)

Bel's Nest Log
M up 6:37:26am; M hops from RS rail to RB 6:38:56, then to LB 6:39:20; B-left PS 6:39:22; M out 6:39:33; S/C#1-D steps in from LS 6:48:55; IR off 6:49:17; bonking 6:50:35; B8 works to cast a pellet 6:51:13-6:51:31 (Cam2 6:48:15-6:48:26); B8 nips at D's tail feathers 6:53:27, D feeds B8 6:53:36; B9 bides his time 6:55:22; B8 grabs a big bite f/D 6:58:39; B9 steps up to the plate 6:59:14, B9 gets a bite 7:00:21; B8 gets another big bite 7:01:04; B9 waits & is rewarded w/breakfast 7:02:11am; B8 ps 7:03:20; B8 lays down

7:13:36 & B9 joins her 7:14:10; cuddle puddle 7:15:30; D spots B8's pellet 7:17:19 & walks around to pick it up 7:18:07am; S/C#2-M in FD w/fluff 7:21:15; D to RB 7:21:25 & out 7:21:39; M eats some nestovers 7:22:17; B9 grabs food from M 7:22:57; M swallows big bite of rabbit 7:24:01; M starts tucking the kids in 7:25:10; M moves off the kids 7:48:44 & checks the pantry 7:49:23; B9 ps 7:49:37; B9 ps 8:59:47; B8 ps 9:07:36; M stretches left leg and wing 9:08:02; M to LB 9:08:16; out 9:08:27; M in FD 9:18:01; B9 tries to cast a pellet 9:45:35; swallows it again 9:45:56; casts? 9:46:25; B8 ps 10:12:08; B8 works to cast another pellet 10:51:13; B9 bonks B8 & gets it back worse 10:51:51; B8 casts a pellet 10:52:13; M feeds B8 10:53:02; B8 acts like there's more pellet to come up…then spits one out 10:53:50; M starts feeding B8 again 10:54:02; B8 bonks B9 10:54:33, B8 eats a huge bite 10:55:35; M to LB 10:56:42 & out 10:56:55; M in BD 11:36:10 & small bird flies over nest near Mom's head 11:36:14; M vocally alerting/calling 11:42:16 - 11:42:31; M to LB 11:51:05 & out 11:51:13; S/C#3-D in SD 12:20:57; B8 ps 12:23:32; D rouses 12:29:30; B9 casts pellet 12:32:02; D digs around in pantry for nestovers and B8 gets impatient and tugs on a piece 12:36:17; B9 nibbles on a piece of nestover 12:39:00; B9 grabs a piece from in front of B8 12:41:08; nibbles on it too; D starts feeding B8 12:43:53; B9 grabs a bite 12:44:22; B8 nibbles on a piece of nestover 12:50:05; D feeds 12:58:28; D rouses 1:18:15; D out BD 1:45:01; Per JP on the ground: Dad went across entrance road, circled around, getting higher & higher, then took off toward GL, came back just, circled around nest tree, then went toward river. Nuthatch on LB 2:18; D in to LB 2:20:48; D to nest 2:21:54; D wing slaps at the nuthatch 2:23:10 & 2:23:58; B9 ps 2:30:42; D feeds 2:32:03; B8 ps 2:35:16; D rouses 2:39:50; D to LB 2:45:51; D out 2:46:00; S/C#4-M in to LB 2:54:37; M to nest 2:54:56; M feeds nestovers 2:57:21; M rouses 3:25:51; D in BD w/fish 3:38:56; M grabs fish & starts feeding 3:40:08; D to RB 3:40:22; D out 3:40:30; B8 bonks B9 & starts being fed 3:41:44; more bonking by B8 3:43:34; M swallows a fish fin as B9 watches in awe 3:44:01; B8 is finally full & M fills up B9 3:53:12 B8 ps 3:54:38; B8 back for a bite 4:02:32; M give B8 a fin 4:03:00 & she takes it back at 4:03:08 & swallows it 4:03:38, feeding over by 4:04:30; M to LB 5:25:51 & out 5:26:02; M in FD w/stk 6:05:52; D in to LB 7:01:28; D to nest 7:03:09; M beaks D 7:06:07; IR light on 7:07:08; D out BD 7:11:12pm.

Mom feeding one of the babies - photo by Gena Flanigen

March 3, 2017 (Friday)

Bel's Nest Log
M up 5:41:05; M stretches & moves back to babies 5:42:52; B-right stands tall 5:43:34; B-left PS 5:44:22; B-right PS 5:50:45; S/C#1-M to LB 6:46:44 & out 6:46:51; bonking 6:46:58; D in to LB 6:47:15; IR light off 6:49:20; D to nest 6:50:20; bonking 6:50:37; B8 ps 6:51:25; D feeds a few bites nestover to B9 6:55:15; D to LB 7:04:20 & out 7:04:45; D in to LB 7:09:36; D turns around on LB & flies off 7:14:43; S/C#2-M in FD w/coot 7:16:20; & immediately begins to de-feather it; B9 ps 7:17:32; B9 bite at a coot feather 7:19:32; M offers B8 a bite 7:20:25, M swallows coot head 7:20:39, M feeds B9 a bite 7:20:55 then gets back to de-feathering; breakfast is served 7:28:14; B8 ps 8:55:11 then bonks B9; D in BD w/fish 8:56:29 & M squeees her thanks; D starts "cleaning" 8:59:32, M moves over to him and tells him to stop 8:59:50; M grabs fish and starts disassembly 9:00:23; D to LB 9:00:45; D turns around 9:01:00; D turns again 9:01:20 & flies out as M feeds B9 9:01:25; B8 bonks 9:01:32; B9 ps 9:02:49 then feeding starts; feeding over 9:10:30; Bonking 10:17:06; M pulls grass over babies 11:10:52; D in over RB w/rabbit 12:09:44; M gets up 12:12:33 & moves to pantry, talking to Dad; M starts feeding from pantry 12:17:10; D digs in bole 12:21:22; M starts feeding rabbit 12:23:00; D settles at edge of bole 12:28:49; after a lot of staring at the sky & looking alert D goes out BD 12:43:02; M grabs nestovers 1:26:08 & feeds B8; B9 PS 1:28:53; B9 gets his/her first bite 1:29:57; Something flies by left side of nest 1:44:13; B8 gets a big bite and struggles to get it down 1:46:33; B8 pulls at nest 1:47:49; M eats a coot leg/foot 1:48:53; M wing flaps & stretches 2:08:24; S/C#3-M to LB 2:08:40; M out 2:08:52; D in to LB 2:09:07; B-9 waddles to right rail 2:09:37; D walks down branch to Y 2:12:29; D to nest to bite at flies 2:13:29; D starts nibbling around in pantry 2:16:15; D feeds B8 2:46:03; B8 ps 2:47:47; S/C#4 -M in BD w/grass 3:11:19 (Cam 2 you can see M brought in some twine/string with the hay/grass 15:08:15 ; M puts fluff on babies 3:11:36; D rouses 3:13:42; D to LB 3:14:30; D out 3:14:42; B8 ps 3:56:08; B8 bonks B9 4:00:15; M takes rabbit to pantry 4:27:43; M feeds B8 4:28:15; B9 starts eating 4:30:58; B8 ps 5:17:14; M moves to pantry 5:29:50; Swallows coot foot 5:30:37; pulls at rabbit 5:30:58; M swallows rabbit leg 5:31:14; Feeds B8 5:32:04; Bonking 5:35:07; swallows another rabbit leg 5:36:05; B8 ps 5:37:45; Feeds B9 5:37:49; M to LB 5:43:39; M out 5:44:01; M in BD 6:18:28; B-front PS 6:59:51; M feeds nestovers to B's 7:02:08; B-front gets a big bite & M watches intently to be sure it goes down 7:06:21; IR on 7:08:26; babies all tucked in for the night by 7:13:00pm.

February 26, 2017 (Sunday)

Bel's Nest Log

Per TNTalons JerriM & BEL: M calls softly to D 6:45:27am; M up 6:46:39; B's standing tall & ready to eat 6:47:39; B-back tries to bite M's beak 6:48:06, then B-front does the same; B-back PS's 6:48:52; M begins to feed B's 6:49:33, M takes a few bites herself then feeds a couple more bites to the Bs; M to LYB 6:52:28, M out 6:52:37; IR off 6:53:34; S/C#1-D in via LYB 7:13:31, D to nest 7:16:02; B-left pecks at D's beak thinking he has food 7:16:46; D pulls out nestovers from fluff 7:17:12, D feeds B-left 7:18:23; B-right starts to scootch up 7:20:21 (awwww, he doesn't get any food); D fluffs the bole, B's are tucked in by 7:25:18.; D offers a bite to B-left 8:01:37 then starts feeding again 8:04:04; S/C#2-M in FD 8:17:22 & D greets her by chattering; D to RB 8:18:34 & out 8:19:01; M sitting peacefully on the nest at 9:48 am enjoying this beautiful Sunday morning! M stares at something intensely (Dad?) 8:54:40, M to LB 9:55:41 & out 9:55:58, babies squeeeing in happiness & form a cute cuddle puddle until one bonks the other on the head telling him to be quiet and keep his head down 9:59:57; M in LB 10:02:12; M sees D & starts to squeee 10:19:55 ; D flies behind nest 10:20:01; D in & lands on Y-nook w/rabbit draped across LB 10:20:13; D pulls rabbit onto nest 10:21:50; D hops onto LB 10:22:19, D out & M starts to feed babies 10:22:30; S/C#3-D in BD w/fluff 11:38:51 M to LJB 11:39:30 & out 11:39:43; B-back bonks b-front 11:40:45, D flaps wings & turns 11:40:50 (looking at something?); D feeds babies 11:42:11; D stares at the skies 11:42:48 then goes back to feeding (seems usually watchful); D flaps at pesky bird (bluejay?) 12:01:45 & 12:03:05pm; D rouses 12:20:26; feeding 12:36:44. S/C#4-M in FD 1:30:18, D to RB 1:30:28 & out 1:30:53; feeding 1:48:13, M swallows some bones 1:51:34 then gets back to feeding both babies; B-back grabs a huge bite of food & tries to get it down but ends up spitting it out 2:00:00pm; B-back (B8?) moves to back rail 2:01:25 while B-front (B9?) continues eating. Bluejay flutters around behind nest 2:18:18; M vocal 3:12:48 & D responds from an outer left branch (not sure when he got there or when he left), M checking out the skies above the nest 3:18:22, S/C#5-M to LB 3:36:23, D in 3:36:38, M out 3:36:53; D feeds kids 3:37:16; S/C#6-M in LSD w/fish 4:22:06; M feeds the babies fish 4:23:00, D to RB 4:23:17 & out 4:23:28; M starts chirping then squeees loudly when she sees D coming 5: 19:44, D in FD w/squirrel 5:20:03 & M chirps her thanks; kids bonk 5:25:04 as M seems to tell D she doesn't need a break; M squeees to D 5:26:25; D out BD 5:27:22; D in FD w/fluff 5:38:12 & the whole family basks in the beautiful late afternoon sunshine; D rouses 5:44:54, D to RB 5:45:14 & out 5:45:24; B8 bonks B9 who hides under M 5:46:52; B8 PS 5:50:12; M stretches 5:50:45 then starts prepping their squirrel dinner 5:51:08, dinner is served 5:51:31; kids finally full by 6:33pm as M gets no takers for a last bite; M stretches & kids chirp contentedly 6:34:40; M moves over to fluff bowl & tuck in the kiddos 6:35:20; B8 heads for the bowl 6:43:31pm; IR light on 7:02:39pm.

June 1, 2016 (Wed)

Video: A Familiar Scene 

Mom in left Y branch with fish 8:25am; Mom out back door 8:27, no kids showed up for quite a while. B6 in left side 11:42, to LB 12:08, out a couple minutes later. Mom in front door with fish 2:14, B6 in front door 2:14; Mom out back door 2:30. Dad comes in the back door with partial rabbit at 6:00pm. B6 follows via the back branch and then to nest 6:01. Dad goes to the right branch; Dad out 6:02. B6 to crook of Y 6:22pm, back to nest around 6:26, B6 to back branch 7:03, back to nest at 8:02, B6 to back branch 9:03, B6 out 8:26pm.