April 19, 2017 (Wednesday)

Bel's Nest Log

(67 & 65 days); Per TNT, Jani & Jerri - B8 up 5:47:17am; B9 stirs but not quite ready to get up 5:49:00; B8 perches on front rail for PS 5:51:41, head scratch 5:52:12, 6:11:37 & 6:12:26; B8 still perched & B9 still resting 6:24:00; another head scratch for B8 6:27:16; B9 left wing stretch 6:39:05, 6:42:10; B8 wing stretch 6:43:03, crop drop 6:45:00; B9 lifts tail feathers & spreads 6:45:11; B9 up 6:45:42 with a wing stretch & leg lift, PS off back rail 6:46:15, hop to center of nest 6:46:36, wing flaps 6:47:08, moves big branch slightly 6:47:15, wing flaps over to pantry to tug & nibble on nestover 6:47:38; B8 wing stretch 6:50:09; B9 talon attack on ufo 6:50:32, picks up ufo 6:50:49 to play w/it; B8 wing flap & stretch 6:50:54, another PS 6:51:13 then wingercizes, to nest 6:51:32 for some stk play time, B9 joins in; B9 wingercizes 6:52:12, hops to Y-nook 6:52:46; B8 lays down 6:53:05; B9 head scratch 6:54:28; IR light off 6:55:32; B8 up 6:59:58, steps up to RYB next to sib 7:01:16, preens B9 7:04:34, back to nest 7:05:46 & flaps to back rail; Typical morning on the nest! Kiddos standing around on the Y branch! B9 found a scrap of food and after running around with it she tried to feed it to B8 at 9:56 and again at 10:02:55. B9 also found a bone joint in the railing and ended up having a short tug of war with B8; Morning spent wingersizing, picking at sticks and such and lazing around; Afternoon: P(M?) in to LB 12:44:01; Babies have a hissy fits and demand food; P out 12:47:54; B8 pulls on rudder 2:50:06; D in BD w/fish 4:50:34; B8 grabs it and mantles; D to RB 4:50:55; D out 4:51:10; M in FD w/squirrel 4:52:29; B8 continues eating fish while B9 waits for M to give it up; M starts feeding B9 4:54:14; B8 abandons fish and gets fed by M 4:55:04; M grabs the fish and takes it to the pantry 5:01:19; B9 grabs squirrel from M 5:08:43; M swallows the fish tail 5:08:52; B9 throws a tantrum wanting M to feed him 5:10:58; M out BD 5:12:51; D in BD w/fish 5:46:49; D feeds B8 5:47:10; Feeds B9 5:47:35; B8 steps on Y nook 5:49:23; B9 grabs the tail from D 6:04:15; D grabs the mangled squirrel 6:04:53; D swallows a leg 6:05:39; D continues dismantling as the babies watch with curiosity; B8 gets bored and lays down 6:10:33; B9 hops on Y nook 6:15:49; B8 gets up 6:22:04; gets fed some more from D 6:22:13; B8 tugs at squirrel pelt 6:28:15; B8 ps 6:29:55; B8 goes to rt Y nook 6:30:10; then flaps to bk rt rail to chew on upper branch 6:30:56; B9 rouses 6:32:03; B8 hops from bk rail to ft rail 6:32:45; B8 rouses 6:35:38; lays in nest 6:36:15; B8 gets up and grabs a piece of squirrel from D 6:54:02; B8 grabs pelt and takes it to the right side of nest 6:54:35; B8 swallows pelt 6:57:28; D to LB 6:59:32; D out 6:59:52; M in BD w/grass 7:03:13; B8 grabs some and starts spreading it around 7:03:25; B8 & B9 beak kisses 7:05:41; M to RB 7:06:21; M out 7:06:34; B8 lays on new grass 7:08:40; B9 ps 7:27:10; B9 hops to nest 8:13:55; lays down 8:14:05; IR comes on 8:38:19.

February 27, 2017 (Monday)

Bel's Nest Log

Cam 1/dvr reset 4:09am; M calls to D 5:28:30am, M & D chatter to each other 5:29:09; Cam 1/dvr reset again 5:39am; M stretches 6:14:17; D calls to M 6:39:42 & both chatter; M to LYB 6:55:08 & out 6:55:16; Bs bonking 7:02:30; M in FD w/big stk 7:23:04; M feeds 7:27:12; M perches on F Rail 7:40:05, she preens at 7:40:25; M wing flaps & lands on the RYB in the process 7:40:39; B-back PS's 7:40:49; M jumps from RB to LB 7:41:34am, M out 7:41:41; S/C#1-D in FD w/coot 7:51:24; D de-feathers coot 7:53:20; feeding 7:54:04; S/C#2-M in LB w/fluff 08:19:29; D to RB 08:20:17; D out RB 08:20:29; D in LB with lot's of fluff 08:26:33; D spreads fluff on top of babies as M speaks softly to D 08:26:48; D to LB 08:31:12; D out LB 08:31:22; D in BD w/fluff 08:50:21; D buried kiddos some more 08:50:30; D out BD 08:56:24; M feeds bubs some nestover coot 08:59:24-09:42:55; M shakes off the rain 11:35:43 stands up 11:36:12; babies bonk around M's leg 11:37:31; M moves away from bonking babes 11:37:41; M shakes off more rain 11:38:05; babies have a staring contest 11:38:43 (B-back turns away first, lol); bonking 11:40:18 M comes back over to cover babies 11:40:35; wind & rain have picked up & cam 1 has rainspots 12:34; M squeees & D lands LB 1:14:01 & to nest w/small half-fish 1:14:05; D out BD 12:14:47; M feeds the small fish to B8, B9 got bonked for his efforts 1:17:00; S/C#3-D in LB 1:18:40 & to nest 1:18:46 w/food (partial squirrel?); M out BD 1:21:35; S/C#4-M in FD w/stk 2:37:10, D grabs the stick after M pokes him with it 2:37:30; whole family on nest until D steps up on the RB 2:53:46 & out 2:53:57; B-right nibbles on green plant/leaf 2:54:15pm; short-lived bonking 3:01:32; M moves pelt away from B-left (B8?) 3:03:10 & offers a bite 3:03:27, M's having a hard time finding tidbits for the eaglet on that nestover (lol); she offers a few bites 3:05:55; B-left PS 3:07:19 then M offers some pelt & B-left tries to swallow it 3:08:29; M swallows big piece of pelt 3:09:00 as baby works to get his piece down; baby working on expelling or swallowing his piece 3:09:43 & continues working (maybe casting a pellet?) & again 3:12:25; M grabs mystery meat 4:01:32 & it appears to be a squirrel; feeding starts with B8 4:02:06; B9 PS 4:09:03 then looks interested in eating; B9 moves out of bonking range & M offers a bite 4:13:10, both babies eat; D in FD w/fish 4:22:26; M moves fish to pantry 4:27:07; M moves fluff 4:30:40 as Dad watches; D to RB 4:37:16 & out 4:37:52pm; M chirps 5:03:37 then squeees loudly & D comes in FD w/UFO (furry, mammal-ish) 5:04:11; D works on stick at BD 5:05:45; D rouses 5:12:13; D out BD 5:16:10pm; M stretches 5:56:03; feeding 5:57pm; Cam 2 dvr reset 6:06pm; per JaniBop-spider on Cam 2 at 20:59:18 (8:59pm).

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.

June 6, 2016 (Mon)

B6 in left branch 6:29am and to nest, B6 out back left side 6:31am. Mom in front door with fish at 9:25, starts eating fish at 9:38; flycatcher watches Mom eat 9:58. B6 in 11:26; bird soars around nest tree on Approach Cam at 10:45. B6 bites at Mom's feet 11:56; Mom to right branch 12:02, Mom out 12:03pm. Mom flies over nest on Approach Cam; bird flies by nest tree; B6 to left branch 12:08, back to nest 12:09, B6 out back door 12:10. Mom flies by nest with food; Mom in with some kind of furry food 4:30pm. B6 in, Mom to left branch/out at 4:57; B6 to left branch 5:13 and leaves at 5:14pm.

May 18, 2016 (Wed)

Rome News-Tribune Article, "Eagle siblings appear to be content to stay together at Berry"

Our Kids This Morning - 5/18/16

After spending another night off the nest, B6 came in at 6:58 a.m., went to the back branch at 7:02, back to the nest a minute later, and then out at 7:06. B7 came in the left side at 7:10, and B6 returned and tussled with B7 at 7:12 a.m. The B's looked to the skies and were tracking something at 7:15. A minute later, B7 took off out the BD and B6 left out the FD at 7:16 a.m.

B7 returned to the nest at 9:41 and laid down for about 15 minutes, then out the BD he went at 9:58. You could hear one of the kids calling at 11:45, and then Dad few in the BD with what looked to be a squirrel. One of the B's lands on the back branch at 11:46, and Dad places a fish backbone on the food. The kid on the branch flew off at 11:47. B7 came in from the left side and B6 flew in the BD and almost lands on Dad! If you were watched on Cam 2, it was hilarious to see. Dad immediately went to the RB and got out of there. B6 takes off at 12:37 p.m., and B7 went to the LB and out at 12:43 p.m.

At 1:30, Dad returned with food (partial squirrel?). B7 flies in and B6 does a flyby at 1:30. Dad leaves at 1:31. M arrives at 1:51 with a squirrel. Vocal B6 came in at 1:52, and the kids finally stopped yelling at 1:54. Mom goes to the LB and out at 1:57 p.m. B6 leaves the nest at 2:19. B7 to the front branch at 2:39, and to the nest at 3:17. Per Bel: M in FD w/ufo 3:30, M to nest 3:32, M to LB/out 3:33. B7 out LB 3:39; B in to far left branch at 6:37 p.m. B out at 6:39 p.m. **Cam Reset 8:41 p.m.**