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This thread is for recording observations of the eagles at the Sidney nest. All observations of activities about, in, or around the nest are welcome.

The data collected in this thread will be valuable both as a concise overview of the daily activities at the nest and also as a research tool. Please post the time of your observation (Victoria, B.C. , eagle time) as well as the activity/behavior observed.

Please Note: All chat and discussion will be edited (deleted) from time to time.
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Note- this is a continuation of the Observation Daily Log from Mar.6 - Apr.16 - HERE
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Confirming that I saw the egg at this time.

7:04 many noisy starlings around the nest

7:10 Two squawks from nesting parent and some nice chittery comments as well.

7;10AM pdt.....This looks like Mom to me....thick neck. Anyway, parent calling out a couple of times...no reply heard.

7:25: Egg roll and new position: at 9 o;clock on WA

7:32, now at 5 o'clock on WA. We are restless today!

Wow parent seems different. Moving around ALOT and does not seem to be settling as deep onto the egg. Just seems agitated maybe?? Or like something may happen.?? Also puts a little more nest material closer to them every time they move.

Anyone else think the brooding eagle is acting different??

I agree that thing are a bit different this morning. Lots of moving and turning in a very short period of time!

7:55: thought i heard a goose honking by, but a large bird flew right to left below the nest. It was light on top. Parent jumped up. Fly-by may have been by the other parent, but it kept going Our nester made a few comments and settled back in, facing one o'clock on WA.

7:54am Brooding eagle got up thinking there was going to be a switch, but the other just flew back behind the nest and kept going. The egg was rolled again. I think today is the day.

8:02 am Brooding eagle gets up, fusses with the nest bowl and settles down again.

8:05 am Up again, and turns now facing 12 o'clock. Very restless today.

8:10 am Mom in to replace dad, brought her breakfast with her, ate a couple of bites, then settled on the nest.

8:09 am
Mom returns and there was a switch. Dad was hesitant to get up, but finally did. Mom settled down facing 10 o'clock and is fussing with the nesting materials pulling them around and to her.

8:11am PDT.....camera is buffering...A LOT!!!!! However I think a switch just took place.....one parent off and the other has settled without too much rearranging of nesting material.

8:12 Mom up again, checking on bowl...

8:34am, mom on nest, occasionally pulling grasses around her, facing 11:00 o'clock on the WA, lots of buffering this morning

8:36 am, mom up, appeared to do an egg roll, back down facing 9:00 o'clock on the WA

8:42 Dad on nest to see egg, mom not budging, telling him quietly what's happening....

8:43am PDT.....Quiet sounds from parent on nest as the other arrives from side....buffering....I think the parent on nest has left the building and the other settles down....oh....now I can see that it is Mom who has returned and I'm sure it is her who has settled back down. Other parent flies off from the front side.

8:45 What a gorgeous picture, both parents on the nest, anxiously waiting for the little one, mom got up and let dad have a peek.

8:48
Yes, mum did get up for a short time and resume the position again. Looks like they were both "shoring up the playpen" Hopefully we'll have a little one (or 2) today.

8:42am, dad arrived on nest, talking back and forth to one another, mom didn't want to get up

8:44 am, both parents still on nest, mom got up and moved to front of nest, picking at a stick or eating something. Then she got down into the nest again.

8:47 am, dad flew off front of WA

lots of buffering, hard to tell who is doing what

8:51 Dad is hilarious as he tries to manipulate sticks, bashing into mom...

8:51 am

Dad brought food, ate some and now Mom is eating some. Dad just settled down on the nest bowl. Eagles usually start bringing in food and storing it when the hatch is eminent.

8:57am dad on nest and mom on outer right side, appears to have a fish in her mouth or she is trying to bury it

8:55 Dad is trying to do some serious nestorations and there is a big stick that is not cooperating. Haven't seen them both on the nest together like this since before the eggs were laid.
8:57 Mom is off the nest bowl and Dad has his head in the nest. Now he settles down gingerly. Mom is still hanging around. Looked like she had a fish in her mouth. She's eating now.

8:42-8:56 am. Just wanted to add..when dad originally came in he brought what looked like a fish. Mom when over to it and began to pull at it but decided no and went back to the egg/s and began nesting. Dad hung around for a while and took off. Then a few minutes later dad came back and started doing some serious renovations at which time mom finally got up and started eating the fish that dad had brought in at the first stop. Dad is now nesting facing the 12 o'clock position while mom continues to eat.

Now dad just got up and went to his branch and mom went over to the egg/s and is now nesting facing the 9 oclock position on the W cam and dad is gone.

8:59 Tuned it to Dad sitting on the eggs, and Mom sitting beside Dad, on the right of the WA cam. Mom is eating or rearranging sticks, constant buffering does not allowe me to deterime which. But definitely Dad in the nest bowl, looking at Mom.