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.

April 20, 2017 (Thursday)

Bel's Nest Log

Photograph by Gena Flanigen

(68 & 66 days); Per TNT - B-front up 6:36:22, PS 6:37:02; B-back up 6:37:02; B-front wingercizes 6:37:38; B-back/right head scratch 6:38:06; B-left head scratch 6:40:45; B-right lays down 6:41:12; both preen 6:42:42; IR light off 6:49:18; B-left to Y-nook 7:00:07, head scratch 7:17:45; B-back wing stretch 7:18:02, gets up 7:18:51, flaps over to left rail 7:19:00, wingercizes, PS 7:20:10 & flaps to right rail, steps up to RYB 7:20:26, flaps down to nest 7:21:26 & wingercizes; after entertaining himself for quite a while, B-back joins B-left on Y-branch & is still there at 9:06:52; Per Jani - M in FD w/fish 11:24:14; Both rush toward her but wait for her to begin; Feeds B9 11:24:37; B8 starts nibbling at tail 11:25:46; B8 gets some fom M 11:27:17; B9 ps 11:27:21; B8 pulls fish from M 11:28:39; M grabs it back and feeds B9 11:28:44; B8 takes the fish again and M lets her have it 11:29:50; B9 tries to tug it away from B8 11:32:34; B9 hops to Y 11:33:25; Hops around nest 11:33:58; B9 aggressive wingersizing on Y 11:35:48; walks up on rt branch 11:36:43; B9 back to nest 11:41:30; B8 ps 11:52:30; M to LB 11:55:44; M out 11:55:55; B9 playing and nibbling on rt back rail and grabs a stick in talons 1:55:58; moves it to the nest 1:57:03; Tries to perch and grab in talons then chews on it 1:57:31; Loud noise startles babies 1:58:52; B9 still battling with stick 1:59:49; B8 curosity kicks in and checks out stick 2:00:43; B9 goes to LY nook 2:09:23; B8 comes to front of nest next to him and starts nipping at B9 2:09:36; beak wars 2:09:56; D in FD w/squirrel 4:11:35; B8 gets it and starts self feeding; D to LB 4:14:38; D out 4:14:54; B9 tries to steal with his talons 4:16:58; B9 gets a good hold and starts nibbling 4:19:11; Tug-o-squirrel 4:30:12; B9 tries to tug again 4:26:24; B9 steals squirrel 4:39:49; B8 to LY nook 4:41:04; M in BD w/grass 8:10:45; B9 grabs her wing 8:10:51; B9 starts throwing a hissy fit 8:11:08; grabs M's foot 8:11:38; M grabs big stick that is in center of nest 8:11:44; moves it to the front rail while B9 continues to have a fit 8:12:03; B9 grab one end of it 8:12:09; B9 hops onto stick M just placed still screaming 8:12:56; M grabs second stick in center of nest 8:13:24; drops it on B8 8:13:40; B9 grabs the end of it 8:13:46; M places it on the back rail 8:13:51; then right bak rail 8:14:17; B8 nips at M's tail feathers 8:14:28; B9 hops to Y still fussing 8:14:38; B9 grabs some straw 8:15:48 still flapping mad 8:15:49; B8 nibbles on M's toes 8:16:20; B9 finally settles down 8:16:58; IR on 8:36:00.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

March 23, 2017 (Thursday)

Bel's Nest Log

(40 & 38 days old) - EARLY MORN: M jumps from LB to the nest 12:01:06am. MORNING- M calls out to D 7:03:40am, 7:10:31; M accidentally drags stick over B's as she goes to LB 7:15:46; M out 7:16:01; B's wing flap as they stand up 7:16:31; B8 PS 7:17:18; B9 PS 7:17:43; both preen 7:18:18; B9 crop drops 7:19:08; beak kisses 7:20:28; B8 crop drops 7:20:32; B9 plays with stick 7:20:42; B's in a cuddle puddle 7:21:30; more beak kissing 7:22:15; IR light off 7:23:38; D in FD w/huge partial fish 9:49:43 & feeds the kids; M in FD w/food (piece of fish?) 9:57:40 & B9 grabs her talon; M feeds kids 9:58:10; D out BD 9:58:31; M out BD 11:37:54; D in to LB 11:38:24, D to nest 11:39:16; D is bothered by a nuthatch flying around the nest, he raises his wings at it 12:22:41 & nuthatch lands on back left branch 12:23:08pm; D to LB 12:39:31 & out 12:39:55; B8 "attacks" pelt 4:44:55 & tries to self feed; M in FD w/squirrel 6:35:08.

April 30, 2016 (Sat)

M in SD w/fish 7:07am, B7 got it; M out BD 7:08am. D in BD w/fish 9:03. B6 gets this one although B7 steals a couple of nibbles; D out BD 9:05. M in FD w/headless fish 9:58. She knocks one kid off the LB into the nest coming in. Ap Cam view shows Mom fly by before entering nest. M feeds the kids, one grabs a piece and self-feeds for a minute then goes back to Mom. Mom eats, too. M out BD 10:22. One kid spends a lot of time on the LB with the other kid perched in the crook of the Y (B6, I think). 12:47pm finds B6 on the cam pole taking selfies. D in BD w/fish at 12:56, D out BD 12:59pm.

April 26, 2016 (Tues)

6:30 a.m. found one kid sitting and the other one still taking it easy. A couple minutes later, the one kid (probably B6) did some flapping and started working on some nestovers. He branches in the Y at 6:36 a.m., and by 7:00 a.m., he's out of view. By this time, B7 is up and working on the nestovers and does a little flapping. He perches in the Y at 7:02. Mom came in the front door at 7:03 (165:04:16) with something to eat, but it couldn't be seen from Cam 1 (since found out from Sasha that it was a fish). B7 was closest when Mom came in and got the food; however, B6 gets around to stealing what little there was left. Mom went to the LB and out at 7:04 a.m. (165:05:19). After she left, the kids perched on the Y branch.

Mom came back at 10:04 (168:04:59) with a small bird. Looked like B6 got it. Mom out LY 10:18 (168:19:38). Whoever was perched on the LB did a great fly down to the nest at 11:08 a.m.

Mom in BD with a HUGE fish at 1:23 p.m. (171:24:15). Mom starts feeding one kid as the other makes his way down the LB. All three still eating at 1:42. One is self-feeding. Mom and one kid are finally done eating around 1:44; the other kid was still pigging out. There was still a big piece left at 1:46. The one not eating has a healthy PS at 1:48 and then goes to the Y branch. 1:58 and the one is STILL eating. At around 2:02, Mom went back to nibbling and feeding the little piggy. She finally left out the FD at 2:09 (172:10:36).

At 7:02, one kid makes a big hop off the branch to the nest where he proceeded to play with the fish head, grabbing it with his talon and carrying it around. A little later, the other kid played with the fish head, only to lose it over the side of the nest. He makes a quick recovery with a big hop to the other side of the nest.

Video: The Huge Fish

"Puff Baby" photograph by Gena Flanigen Photography

Cooling Off

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