Joined: Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:41 am Posts: 12695
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Ma did not spend the night on the nest. At 10:33 this morning, Ma to the nest landing in the bowl. She settled in it a couple minutes later after aeration. Pa to the nest at 10:59 with a stick he placed to the front rail, picked up a stray stick from the floor and placed it too, aerated about the bowl rim, then the bowl forcing Ma out. They stood a bit, he tried to snip on Ma, then a little rail and fluff work for Pa, they stood more at 11:24. When I came back in at 12:40 there had been a reset, so from the app cam saw Ma fly out the rear at 12:40 with Pa following. Ma to the nest at 5:33, then to the bowl to stand. Pa to the nest at 5:48. He worked on the tangle, moved fluff about the nest floor, tried to work more with the tangle, more floor work, more tangle work, more floor work. At 5:51, he tried to move a pine cone reaching over to other side of bowl causing Ma to get out, then he aerated the bowl. At 5:52, Ma to the rear rails and flew seconds later for the day.. Pa watched her go, picked up and dropped 2-3 pieces of fluff from the floor, then flew out the rear at 5:54 for the day. Rocky made several visits to the nest this evening running and gunning. Heard distant voices, then maybe an owl at 12:16 am, then Ma crash landed on the nest from the rear at 12:17. Checked the approach cam and saw a large bird fly in front of the nest tree seconds before Ma landed. Don't know if it was an intruder or her, but normally she does not fly in front of the nest tree and circle around to the rear before landing. She usually flies straight in from the rear. It looks as if she will be spending the night as I leave at 1:24 am she is tucked and asleep.
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