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Today
Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Civil Twilight 5:57 AM EST 6:33 PM EST
12:10 Mom sleeping, head tucked facing the front
01:03 Mom rises up a little and looks down the edge of the bowl. SHe t hen rises and slowly turns toward the left, does an egg roll and resettles facing 9 oclock
01:18 She rises up slightly and preens then seconds later she stands and carefully moves and does an bowl fluff and moves the eggs. She then looks down again and stares before she snuggles din facing 8 oclock
02:28 Mom lifts up again then stands, preens then bends and checks the eggs before preening her brood patch area gain. She slowly snuggles back in still facing the left
03:43 Mom stands again and moves one egg with her left foot before bending in and doing an egg roll and fluff. She looks up and out toward the left then turns counter clockwise settling in facing 7 oclock
05:12 Mom stands up, stretches, does an egg roll and bowl maintenance. She settles in facing 9 oclock
05:25 Nest exchange: Dad lands in the nest and moves to the back and plays with the "log" t hen moves closer to mom and starts doing nest cleaning. Mom rises, backs out of the bowl and moves to the front and flies out. Dad walks into the bowl, does an egg roll then snuggles in facing the front
05:43 Dad rises, turns toward the right, does and egg roll and quick bowl fluff before he settles back in facing 2 oclock
06:23 Night cam turned off. Dad looking out the right with his head high watching something
06:37 Zoomer pulls the cam back and pans to the right. Mom perched on the love branch
06:40 The squirrel returns and jumps from the branch on the left to the love branch. Mom watches. The squirrel climbs further up the love branch before he decides to jump to the tree trunk and runs on the back side. The eagles don't react to its presence..mom just watches
06:53 Dad rises and turns toward the rear and does bowl fluff. Zoomer moves in closer as dad moves a pine bough on the top of the nest out of the way. He rolls the eggs and continues to work on the bowl wall. Both mom and dad have only been rolling 2 eggs since yesterday later afternoon or early evening. Dad resettles facing 7 oclock
07:07 Nest exchange: Mom lands in the nest and looks at dad. Zoomer pulls the cam out a little. Mom waits for dad to rise. He finally rise and flies out the back. Zoomer moves in but we're not getting a great look at the eggs as they are pretty deep and closer to the bowl wall. Mom moves in, does bowl maintenance, looks down then settles in facing 11 oclock
07:28 Mom peacefully incubating her egg
07:55 Mom rises but her back is to us and blocking the view of the bowl. She does bowl maintenance and looks like egg roll before she turns and settles in facing 3 oclock
08:43 Mom rises and looks down at the eggs and there's something that looks like it could be a pip. Zoomer moves in closer but still can't really tell. The mark looks a bit light in color. We'll have to wait and see. Zoomer moves cam off the eggs and when he returns to them the eggs have been moved and almost out of sight. Mom settles into place facing 7 oclock
09:22 Mom is up again and she continues to stare down into the bowl. Two eggs showing pretty clear. Mom fluffs the wall of the bowl then does an egg roll on all 3 eggs then continues to fluff. She resettles facing 9 oclock
09:32 Mom rises and does another fluff and egg rolls then snuggles in facing the left
09:40 Mom is up again and moves the eggs then resettles facing 7 oclock
10:16 Nest exchange: Dad drops down into the nest and begins doing nestorations. Mom rises and flies out the front. Dad walks into the bowl, one egg seen clearly, no pips, and he settles facing the front
10:39 Dad stands up and turns toward the right. Good look at two eggs...no pipping on them. Dad rolls the 3rd egg that was hidden by the bowl wall
11:10 Dad is up and does another egg roll. Not getting a good look at the eggs this time
11:23 Dad rises and does and all three eggs in view. Dad resettles facing the front
11:33 Zoomer pans around the garden looking for mom. No sign of her, Zoomer moves back to the nest but keeps the cam pulled out a bit
12:24 Dad is up and does bowl fluff. He rolls the egg that is on the front wall just out of view. He then resettles facing the left
13:10 Dad rises and does a bowl fluff and egg roll.. Still no sign of egg hatching He settles facing the left
13:17 Dad rises again turns and checks the eggs before settling down facing 2 oclock
13:22 Dad rises again and two egg visible...no sign of cracking
13:42 Dad rises again and rolls two eggs...the third is still close to the bowl wall out of view..he settles facing 1 oclock
13:43 Dad rises again and refluffs the bowl before settling back down facing the left
13:45 Dad rises again and rolls the eggs. He settles facing the front
14:11 Nest exchange: Dad rises and flies out. Zoomer moves in close on the eggs. Mom's feet come into view as she walks into the bowl and begins her bowl maintenance. Mom moves the eggs to fluff the bowl wall then looks down again. No sign yet
14:19 Mom rises into brooding position and looks down into the bowl then rises as Zoomer moves in closer. She does more bowl maintenance then resettles facing the left
14:38 Mom lifts up a bit and looks down. Zoomer moves in closer but we can't see anything yet. Zoomer pulls back then mom stands and we get a glimpse of the 3 eggs. We still can't see any visible cracks yet. Mom bends to do bowl fluff and Zoomer moves in closer. She then turns and blocks our view. Zoomer pulls back a little. Mom settles for a few seconds but rises again and looks down. She moves one of the eggs and she then snuggles back down facing 3 oclock. No sign yet of egg hatching
15:00 Dad lands in the nest, brings a fish and drops it on the nest then flies out again
15:26 Mom rises, looks down then backs out of the bowl...The 3 eggs are visible and lined in a row. Mom moves in and turns two of the eggs then settles facing the front. She rises again into brooding position and looks down then turns toward the left, rolls one of the eggs to do more fluffing then settles facing 9 oclock
15:43 Mom lifts up and looks down at the eggs. Zoomer moves in close..2 eggs in view, no sign of pipping on these two. She stays in brooding position for 8 minutes then stands. 3 eggs visible...partially anyway. Mom then resettles facing the left
16:04 Mom continues to look down into the bowl watching the eggs. She can hear the eaglet trying to break the shell
16:07 Mom rise and does bowl maintenance. Zoomer again moves in close then mom snuggles down facing 9
16:31 Mom rises off the nest and moves to the back where the fish is and begins eating. When finished, she then moves back into the bowl and snuggles in facing the left
17:11 Dad drops down into the nest with more food for mom. Dad brings in a squirrel and Zoomer immediately pans down to the sticks below to see if it's the annoying pest. No sign of live squirrel. Zoomer moves incloser on the food bor a better look. Bushy tail hanging on the sticks...definitely a squirrel. Dad leaves as Zoomer moves back into the nest
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[b]17:55 Mom lifts and looks down then rises and moves to the back of the nest. She picks up the fish, drops it then grabs the squirrel but drops that too. She picks up the fish and begins eating. When finished she moves back into the bowl still facing the left
18:21 Night cam turned on
18:45 Mom rises again and looks down into the bowl checking the eggs. After a couple of minutes, she does a bowl fluff then resettles facing 5 oclock. Mom rises again, does a quick fluff before snuggling in facing the left
19:11 Mom stands up, Zoomer moves in closer. Mom preens around the brood patch, does an egg roll then snuggles back down facing 9 oclock. Zoomer pulls the cam back a little
19:54 Mom rises and does a quick bowl fluff before snuggling back in facing 9
21:16 Mom rises and she backs out of the bowl. A minute later she moves back in the bowl, does an egg role then snuggles back down facing 9
22:48 Mom stands up and does a bowl fluff and egg roll. Mom digs deep in the bowls all. Thought I got a glimpse of a little head just before she started to fluff but think it was just straw and down feathers. She check out the egg then snuggles back down facing 7 oclock
22:55 Mom preens then when finishes she sits in brooding position over the bowl just looking down then around. She doesn't seem like she's going to get much sleep tonite
23:03 Mom rises and does a bowl fluff, then stares down at the egg then tries to settle facing 4 oclock. She rises again and does a quick fluff then resettles facing 4
23:35 Mom rises and does an egg roll, tries to settle facing 2 but shifts and turns toward the rear, looks down into the bowl again then settles facing 11 oclock
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