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Pa returned to the nest and got over the egg at 7:00 pm for the night.
Today's nest activities:
6:52 Ma arrives and Pa got off the eggs and flew. 6:57 Ma flies to the left branch, then away. 6:59 Pa arrives to the rear, then goes to the egg and snuggles over and brings fluff to his chest. 7:46 Pa gets off the egg and flies out of the nest over the left branch. 7:48 Pa returns and picks up a stray stick from the nest floor and places toward the front rail. Then he gets over the egg and brings fluff to his chest. 9:52 Ma arrives and spreads some fluff that is already on the floor around. Pa to the right branch and flies. Then she quit working and stood. 10:04 Ma flies to the left branch, then out. 10:41 Pa arrives to the rear of the nest, then to the egg, he snuggles down over it and brings in the fluff to his chest. 10:44 He changes position, rolls the egg, aerates the bowl, rotates his position again, then brings the fluff toward him. 11:14 Position change with egg roll, then shimmies down over it. Re-positions again and brings fluff toward his chest. 11:18 Position change, aerates bowl, snuggles down, brings fluff toward his chest. 11:46 Position change, aerates bowl, snuggles down, fluff to chest. 12:32 Position change , egg roll x 2, fluff to chest. 12:35 Position change, egg roll, snuggles over it. He sees stick too near the bowl and reaches out and pushes it further away. 12:59 Pa gets off the egg and flies out of the nest over the left branch. 1:01 Pa returns to the rear rails and is vocal. 1:02 Ma returns to the nest just to the right of him and Pa flies to the left branch and out. Ma stood for awhile. She moved a little fluff around on the floor of the nest, then stood. She started to aerate the bowl, but stopped and stood for a bit. 1:25 Ma moves into position and flies out of the nest over the left branch. 1:57 Pa returns to the rear of the nest with prey remains. He stood a couple minutes looking around. 1:59 Pa to the egg and rolls it twice. Ma arrives to the rear and claims the prey remains. Pa snuggles down over the egg. Ma struggles a bit, but finally gets her right foot on the prey and is able to hold it in place while she tears and eats. 2:01 Pa gets up and to the left branch and flies. 2:04 Something outside of the nest has Ma's attention for a couple of minutes, then she nibbles on the prey again, then back to watching. 2:09 She flies up to the left branch, then out. 2:16 Pa flies in from the left side of the nest to the rear. He works on a wayward stick, then to the egg to snuggle down and bring fluff to his chest. 2:45 Position change with egg roll x 2, snuggle down and brings fluff toward his chest. 2:47 Position change, snuggle, fluff. 2:54 Position change, preens chest feathers, egg roll, aerates bowl, rotates, aerates bowl, settles and brings fluff to chest. 4:11 Ma arrives to the rear of the nest. Pa gets off the egg and flies to the right branch and away. Ma starts to nibble on the leftovers, then stopped. She stand awhile and then preens. Stands awhile and then preens some more. She nibbles and works on the prey. She downs a foot, then she downs a large strand of the prey remains. 5:00 She is feaking on the rails. She stood more, preened more, then stood more. 6:21 Ma flies to the left branch and out a minute later. 6:40 Ma returns to the rear and then goes to the bowl. She aerates in and around the bowl. She found the remnants of the egg shell with liner and picks it up and drops it a couple of times. 6:46 Ma goes to the rear of the nest and flies out. 7:00 Pa arrives to the rear of the nest, then to the egg and shimmies down over it for the night. 8:10 Pa is asleep with his head tucked.
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