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March 18, 2015
Topic Started: Mar 18 2015, 12:19 PM (252 Views)
samk9
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Mrs has been off the egg but still on the nest for at least 30 minutes
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lowekat
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bisbee83

7:38 Shift change, Mr. arrives. Mrs. leaves. Mr. does some tweaking and fluffing of nest material, and an egg roll, prior to settling in.
Edited by bisbee83, Mar 18 2015, 02:43 PM.
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lowekat
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Mr arrives with a huge stick around 9:18 He tries to poke her eye out and step on her She was not happy and confronted him.

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Then she took the stick and put it out near the rails at 6:00

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She then flew off in a huff and we haven't seen her since.
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lowekat
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Sandra came in to give us a close up of E1. 11:25am All looks good from this side

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bisbee83

12:47 Shift change. Mrs. came back to the nest a few minutes ago, and is wiggling into position over the egg. :)
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bisbee83

Mr. brought in another stick this afternoon, sometime after 1:00. Mrs. left the nest, Mr. stood on the nest, and did settle down at some point to incubate. Viewers report that during the next hour or so, Mr. was crying softly and there may have been answering cries from nearby. He mantled over the egg at one point. Also someone saw a flyby (unidentified). Now, at 3:02, Mr. is standing on the nest, and quiet. Oops, as soon as I wrote that he starting calling vigorously and flew off the nest. Up to TLB, in a flurry, and took off with lots of calling. Cam is shaking.
Edited by bisbee83, Mar 18 2015, 10:16 PM.
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bisbee83

3:07 Mrs. returns to the nest.
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lowekat
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Something was threatening Mr for a long while. Mr gave low soft cry and mantled the egg. He finally had enough and flew off the nest after the noise maker. We couldn't see what it was and Sandra believes the 1st picture to be Mr as he hovers to the branch.

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Mr flew to TLB and then chased if off leaving the egg unattended.

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Edited by lowekat, Mar 18 2015, 11:22 PM.
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SandraDragon
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I've reviewed the Video archives and there is NO confirmation as to what species was disturbing Mr. HBE. All that can be confirmed is that something was agitating him and based on behavior it was an aerial disturbance. In the past, crows, ravens, and other eagles have each caused such behavior.
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buffy3kins
Mrs is home and doing an egg roll. :)
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Mr is on the nest and looking around now. mr and mrs have been chatting some too.
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