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 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 15, 2017 (Sunday)

Bel's Nest Log
Per TNT - M calls to D 7:30am, M up 07:37:13, M to LYB 07:38:30; D in LYB 07:38:37, M out 07:38:41; D watches M leave & then goes to nest 07:38:50; D rolls eggs & shimmies down 07:39:20. Per BEL-ground observation: M flies to fav perch, preens, then heads toward Garden Lakes at 8:00am. M returns to fav perch at 8:41am, flies off again after just a few minutes; Cam 1 reset 11:54am; M flies in to land on her favorite perch around 12:40; she leaves area around 12:46pm without going to nest (D went to the LB & flapped his wings when she came in); D is bothered by a turkey vulture that flies over the nest & goes to the LB at 2:27pm (Cam1 2:27:55), he goes back to the nest after a few minutes; M returns to the nest area, flies past the nest & lands on her perch at 2:44pm…D called to her when she came in & then on cam 1…D to LB 2:46:32; D back to nest 2:47:58 (ground observation: M gave D "the eye" and he meekly goes back to the nest & lays on the eggs); D alerts 2:53:07pm (ground observation: a sub adult eagle flew through the nest area, between the nest & where Mom was perched, D alerted while M stayed calm & perched); S/C#2-D gets up 3:41:52pm; D to LB 3:43:10; D out 3:43:26; M in BD 3:43:50pm; M rolls eggs, fluffs the fluff then settles down on the eggs 3:44:59-3:46:30pm; ground observation: D in BD w/fluff right after dark 6:15pm (Cam 1 6:16:45); D out BD 6:18:16pm; ground observation, it was too dark to see where he flew too, but I assume it was in a tree near the nest (didn't see him fly across the open area near nest). NOTE: Dad took an 8-hour shift today!

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.

August 2016

Dad Returns Home - 8/23/16

Bel's Nest Log:

DATE	ENTRY
8/1	Grey squirrel is back to finish lawn maintenance 6:44am (120:48:30); per Jani - Hawk on nest/L branch 6:39pm (132:43:32). Short video of the squirrel 'stealing grass' posted in B3BB.
8/9	Cams reset @ 2pm... all are back online.
8/10	Per Jani - Rocky 2:45am (12:48:45) - keep watching, he pops back up.
8/11	Per Jani - Stick moves C1 at 4:20am (09:27:05); Rocky on C2 (9:24:55); Rocky again on C2 (09:27:15).
8/12	Grey squirrel on C1 branch 9:30am (38:35:10), then on left branch, then to back left branch, Rocky goes off back of nest at 9:32am.
8/13	Sub-adult eagle fly-by @ 8:04am (AC 61:10:43); sub-adult lands on lower left branch (AC 61:10:55); per Jani - sub-adult to nest 8:05am (C1 61:11:22; C2 61:11:28; AC 61:11:25). Mockingbirds harass sub-adult 8:08am; sub-adult to left branch 8:14am (C1 61:19:02) ; back to nest 8:15am (61:20:24); sub-adult to back-right branch 8:16am (61:21:17); sub-adult to right branch then out 8:18am (61:23:11/61:23:40). Video: Curious Visitor.
8/14	Mourning doves visit on right side branches 7:16am (84:21:06); 3 doves on the nest by 7:22am (84:27:30); on Y-branches 7:25am; 1 dove back to nest 7:27 (84:33); gone by 7:28am.
8/18	Per Jani - Squirrel visits 8:16pm (25:52:38); squirrel leaves 8:19pm (25:55:00).
8/23	Per Jani - Dad Berry arrives via backdoor (BD) 8:11pm (145:47:33); D to right branch (RB) 8:17pm (145:52:50); Cam 2 you could see a squirrel was on the back of the nest & dad came to investigate at dvr Cam2 145:58:54… on cam 1 D to nest 8:23 (145:59:02); D to left branch (LB) 8:27 (146:03:15); D back to nest 8:29 (146:05:04); D to RB 8:31 (146:07:37). Cam 2 and Approach Cam dvr times are very close to these Cam 1 times. Per TNT - D apparently spent the night on the RB. Video: Dad Returns Home
8/24	Per Sasha - Dad f/RB to nest 5:07am (154:43:31); D back to RB 5:09am (154:45:33); D back to nest f/RB 6:42am (156:18:00); D to LB 6:53am (156:29:21); D out LB 6:55am (156:30:59).
8/25	What appears to be Dad Berry and a young female eagle showed up at the nest today. This female (?) wasn't as big as Mom Berry, had a darkish spot on top of the head, no 'birthmark' (i.e. dark center tail feather spot), and a straight left leg. Dad to LB/nest 8:22pm (1-32:10:55; 2-32:10:41 ; A/C 32:10:26); Female in left side 8:23pm (32:11:50; A/C 32:11:23); F to LB (1-32:15:51; 2-32:15:37; A/C 32:15:26); F to nest (1-32:17:30; 2-32:17:17; A/C 32:17:05); Dad to RB (1-32:18:12; 2-32:17:58; 32:17:46); Female out back to lower branch 8:30 (1-32:19:11; 2-32:18:58; A/C 32:18:46); Dad leaves during cam black-out @ AC 32:20-ish (1-32:20: 27; 2-32:20:16); Dad fly by A/C 32:25:34; F leaves A/C 32:26:18.
8/28	Per Sasha - VISIT #1: Female in BD 6:58 am (Cam1 01:16:25, Cam2 01:16:21, AC 01:16:22); Dad in BD 7:00 (01:18:24); D to LYB 7:11 (01:29:58); D off LYB 7:12 (01:30:52); Female out left side 7:19 (01:37:08). NOTE: IMHO this is Dad Berry because he looks similar and has same tail markings, but no way to know for sure. VISIT #2: D in LB 11:10am (05:27:58), Female in side 11:10 (05:28:08); D out BD 11:14 (05:31:43); F out BD 11:16 (05:34:04). *CAM RESETS* VISIT #3: Female in side door 7:55pm (02:03:06); F out BSD 8:04 (02:11:22). Video: Stranger Danger?
8/29	Per Sasha - Female in 6:55am LYB (Cam1 03:32:39, Cam2 03:32:42); Dad in LYB 6:58 w/stick #1 (03:35:18); Dad to LYB 7:02 (03:40:44); Dad out 7:06 (03:42:39) Dad in LYB 7:07 w/stick #2 (03:44:00); Dad onto RYB 7:09 (03:45:27); Dad out 7:10 (03:47: 33); Female out BSD 7:18 (03:54:56). AFTERNOON VISIT: Female in LFD 5:41pm (01:37:01), out BLD 5:45pm (01:41:05).
8/30	Dad in BD w/stick 7:01am (14:56:56), Female in left side 7:03 (14:59:18); Dad to LB 7:08 (15:04:36); Dad out 7:11 (15:06:47); Female out 7:18 (15:13:54). Dad in BD 8:11 (Cam1 02:44:07, Cam 2 & A/C-05:09:13); D out BD 8:26 (1-02:49:31, 2 & AC-05:14:36).