Delta2 2018 -2019 Observation and Discussion Thread
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G'morning all
YaY! 2 eggs!
YaY! 2 eggs!
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Good morning Delta2 family. Quiet on the nest. Ma keeping her eggs warm and dry. Hope for a sunny day for Ma and Trooper. Have a great day.
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Good Morning Delta 2! Philippe and Roymac, thanks for the overnight & morning reports. Good Morning Bill, great to see you here!
5:16 am - from the rollback - Since the last post by Philippe, I checked the rollback and just wanted to note that Ma was laying on her eggs until 5:16 am this morning when she got up to preen a little, rolled the eggs, turned and laid back down over her eggs
5:16 am - from the rollback - Since the last post by Philippe, I checked the rollback and just wanted to note that Ma was laying on her eggs until 5:16 am this morning when she got up to preen a little, rolled the eggs, turned and laid back down over her eggs
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5:34 am - from the rollback - Ma is up again, does a quick turn and lays down again...she looks very tired
6:27 am - current time....Ma is still incubating her eggs, she has her head up but seems to be sleepingRe: Delta2 2018 -2019 Observation and Discussion Thread
7:33 am - I am going to log into the cams now...may take a few minutes...Ma is up and vocalizing...flapping her wings to get the wetness off
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Ma up and calling for Trooper. Ma left the nest. Parent back on eggs.
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7:32 am - Ma still calling out....not sure if she was just telling everyone she was ready to go, or if there was someone flying around that was not supposed to be there...
Ma flew off, and after she left the whole tree shook as if someone else was up on the tree and had just flown off too...so I am going to assume that Trooper was up there somewhere and followed Ma....she seemed to go out and to the left so thinking she went to the evergreen tree
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7:34 am - about a minute or so later Trooper came in from the back of the tree....so from the evergreen tree side, to take over egg duty. From what I can tell, this is the first time that Trooper has seen the 2nd egg
He very gently gets his feet into the nest bowl and approaches the eggs with his beak....looking unsure as to how he is going to handle two egg
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7:35 am - Trooper looking around...maybe seeing Ma, as he lowers over the eggs
And then he rolls the eggs and does an excellent job of that
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7:35 am - Trooper slowly lowers down and, only once, onto the eggs
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7:38 am - looked for Ma on the evergreen tree but she was not there....so checked the Delta Port pole and there she is...taking her much needed break
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7:50 am - Trooper tucking in with those grasses he brought in yesterday after Ma laid her 2nd egg
Ma still out on the port pole
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7:50 am - it looks like those black dots on Troopers head are now smudged from the rain...will have to wait until it dries to see if we can still use that as a quick ID marker for him
Tucking in a little more
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8:01 am - I had to step away for a few minutes and happy to see that no one moved....even Trooper is in the same spot looking nice and relaxed over those two eggs.
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8:04 am - a couple close ups of Trooper as he seems to have spotted someone above...maybe a little birdie