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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:28 am 
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:flirty: They were both in and out today and did make their nightly nest check visit with a little bit of nestorations accomplished too. Still no egg and Mom has not started staying on the nest tree at night as she did last season before the 1st egg was laid. She did not stay overnight her 1st season prior to the 1st egg being laid.


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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:flirty: They were in and out some today and it rained some again today. Pa brought in 3 meals for Mom consisting of 1 coot leg, 1 small whole fish and 1 large headless (I believe) fish. I didn't think they were coming in for the nightly nest check and then she showed up 1st and soon Pa what seemed to be right at dark. So no egg and so far Mom is not spending the night on the nest tree. Hoping she does do that before the egg is laid.


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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:bananasanta: :xmastree: Not even going to attempt to report all of what I have seen here today. Suffice to say it is egg time for Mom. Both have been in today and working heavily especially on the bowl. Pa also brought in a squirrel very late right before dark for Mom who spent the majority of the day on the nest. She tried to work on the squirrel, but soon gave up. She remains with us (because it is egg time and she is feeling eggy) and is currently on the left branch. She had been sleeping with her head tucked on the left branch, but a little over an hour ago, something abruptly awoke her and she jerked her head to the right, then to the left. She may or may not be sleeping now as I can not see her face because she is turned away from the cam.

The 1st season Mom did not spend any nights prior to the egg being laid, but the 2nd season she spent Thurs and Sat nights before the egg was laid late afternoon on Sun. She had also been in and out that Sun morning and after returning late that morning, she remained until the 1st egg was laid. She seems to be a late afternoon/early evening layer. This is her 1st night on the nest and/or the nest tree.

Pa just called out from a distance and she did not reply.


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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 9:39 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:15heartbeat: During the night Mom had some kind of unknown intruder around that I could not see. It did wake her and she was reactive several times to it, once by throwing out her wings. I did hear a mammal exhale sharply twice and then an extended one that they do as a warning, but never saw it. Mom reacted to that sound also. I an unsure if I was hearing that all the way from the ground or if it were on the tree such as a raccoon. Mom did come down from the left branch this morning and eat some of the squirrel Pa brought in late yesterday. But Mom did not spend the day and she is not on the tree tonight. They did come in some today and brought sticks and fluff and some deep aeration was done. But she was pretty much gone most of the day. They had some more rain again. Before dark could hear Mom call and call for Pa. Finally heard him answer and shortly they came for their nightly nest check and they left. Have heard only a little chatter from where they roost so far tonight. Last season she also skipped staying a night and I think we are still on the path for her 1st egg as her changes in behavior are indicating. She continues to seem more needy than usual and it is always directed toward Pa.


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:15heartbeat: Still on egg watch. Mom is not spending the night. They were both in and out a few times and worked on the bowl and some to the rails. No prey brought in today. Have heard them chatter a couple times since going to the back to roost for the night. Rocky has also been in this evening. Here's how the overnights went last season and and Mom's 1st season:

Overnights on nest or tree by Pa and Mom Nov/Dec 2021:
(Intruders were GHO or other)

Tues 11/23 Mom&Pa-intruder
Wed 11/24 or early am of 11/25 Mom&Pa-intruder
Sun 11/28 Mom only, but Pa didn't return after chased Intruder.
Thurs 12/2 Mom
Sat 12/4 Mom

Sun am, Mom flew out, back, flew out, back later am and stayed till egg laid 4:25 pm on 12/5/21.

(There were no overnights her 1st season.)


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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:7val: :newegg: Congratulations Mom and Pa Berry @ 9:50 am! :7val:


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A very big day and will try to post here tomorrow for documentation purposes.


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:7val: :newegg: Congratulations Mom and Pa Berry @ 9:50 am! :7val:
:newegg: :loveshow: Eagle calendar updated!

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:15heartbeat: Pretty much a full day of rain here and it continues for now. Mom has been flattened over the egg cup for some time now trying to keep it dry. There were the expected usual nest exchanges between Pa and Mom throughout the day. No food deliveries.


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:flirty: Finally a sunny day without rain. Mom and Pa have shared egg duties during the day and Pa did give her a final break sometime before dark. He also did bring in what looked to be leftovers from a mammal for her to eat. The app cam has been off air since earlier today as it frequently is. But, unfortunately there have been problems with cams 1 and 2 going completely black and being off for awhile twice this evening. They came back on their own without intervention by Berry as it was afterhours. Hoping this can be resolved without any downtime of the cams as egg #2 is due tomorrow.


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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:7val: :newegg: :newegg: Mom and Pa Berry @ 12:54:46! Reveal @ 1:05! :7val:


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SWINWK wrote:
:7val: :newegg: :newegg: Mom and Pa Berry @ 12:54:46! Reveal @ 1:05! :7val:
Right on schedule! :newegg: :newegg: Eagle calendar updated! :loveheart2:

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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:flirty: Mom is currently sleeping with her head tucked over the eggs right now. As far as I know, Pa has yet to see the 2nd egg. The cams were down again earlier, but it was felt Pa would not have had time to come in during that period. Another big day here, will post more on it at a later date to here.


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:flirty: Nest exchanges throughout the day and Mom is on for the overnight. Have heard Pa call out at least once this evening from his perch in the rear, but Mom did not respond. They did seem to have an intruder earlier when both were on the nest and about to exchange places. It delayed Mom for just awhile before she took her break as they watched the intruder flyover and had already been alerting to it. The app cam is down and unable to view from that angle.


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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:taz: Intruder event at 5:40 pm with Pa Berry on the eggs at the time. Still on the DVR for now...

Saw this event in real time and all are okay. Pa did an outstanding job protecting their eggs and Mom did arrive to a tree in the back shortly after the intruder arrived. The intruder appeared to be an adult bald eagle from what parts of it's body could be seen while it was on the right branch. Pa mantled the eggs, did wing slaps and even jumped up from the nest toward the right branch where the intruder was causing it to move some. Not one time did Pa disturb the eggs during the event. Mom remained on that tree for a long time alerting before choosing to fly and the intruder remained on the right branch. Do not know if when Mom flew she went to another tree out of sight or if she flew way out and then came back in prompting the intruder to fly, but she arrived to the nest shortly after the intruder flew. Unfortunately the app cam was down and could not see everything.

Will try to post events with times later. It was very emotionally draining to witness in real time with it's abruptness. Mom is currently incubating their eggs at 9:45 pm EST.

Otherwise, the day went just fine with their usual nest exchanges previous to this event.


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Oh dear!

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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:flirty: Thankfully today was a routine day of nest exchanges and without drama. While an intruder was not seen on cam today, both Pa and Mom were on alert and did at one point watch something that must have flown over the nest tree. It did not fly low enough to be seen on the app cam which was back up today. I did notice both were vigilant and Pa even slightly jumpy at one point today when both reacted to a noise off screen. I am not going to post the intruder incident from yesterday as I have a video of the event that was posted late yesterday evening.

Video by Bel-a-Donna. "Berry College Eagles: Dad Defends Eggs Against Intruder" 12/18/22

:girlsad3: Unfortunately all 3 cams went down at 9:46 pm. Sometimes they have been coming back on their own. I am beginning to wonder if we are going to get through this season with working cams... Mom was incubating the eggs the last that I saw. I forgot to mention above in my post that Pa did show up in the middle of the night here. It was right after a noise woke Mom up and she reacted to it some. Pa once he showed on cam after arriving a few minutes earlier on a left branch offscreen, walked across the nest and went up to roost on the right branch out of sight for awhile. When he came down a little later, he wanted to incubate, but Mom was not getting up, so he pecked her and she got up and went to the left branch and Pa got to incubate for awhile.


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 Post subject: Re: Berry College 2022 -2023
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:girlsad3: The app cam came back of it's own accord at 11:04 pm, but Cams 1 and 2 remain down...


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