Delta2 2018 -2019 Observation and Discussion Thread

[Brenda]

COTG at 9:13 a.m. - eggs visible for a couple of minutes and then an adult (Ma?) settled over the eggs, only rolling one slightly.

[Brenda]

Adult flying in and settling to incubate

[Jean]

9:26am........... Good morning Delta2 friends! Thanks Philippe and Sue for being here today!

Yes, we are officially on pip watch now! Today's weather is dry which could help us to get a better view of the eggs.......but the next few days are supposed to be wet. That could make it hard to see the eggs as our adults might not want to lift up very high off the eggs in order to keep them dry.

Good morning Brenda........just saw you here! I missed that while getting things set up on my computer. Thanks for the post!

[SueB]

Hi Brenda! I do believe you are correct about the COTG....I just watched that and listened in too....sounded like there was mating after Trooper flew up off the nest...thinking Ma and him were up in the tree...lots of noise coming from them. Here's Trooper leaving at 9:12 am.

Hi Jean! I just stopped in to check the rollbackback...seems that Ma is still there now. Gotta run.

[Brenda]

After eating some left overs, adult got up, briefly rolled eggs and resettled. Barely a glimpse of the eggs.

[Jean]

9:41am...............Taking me a while this morning to get going....having some computer related issues. ................IN on both cams, but cannot stay too long.

[Jean]

9:50am........Confirmed it is Ma on the nest with Trooper close by on the evergreen tree.

[Jean]

9:56am.........Ma gave us a quick view of the eggs......not seeing any pips yet. It is good when we see the eggs roll as it gives us a fuller view of the eggs, but did not see a roll this time as Ma's body covered the area.

[Jean]

9:57am.........More of the eggs......

[stim]

Thank you for being here Jean, for capturing and posting close up egg pics. I had thought I noticed what could have been a pip but on enlarging your pics I see it is likely debris on the egg. I sit here wondering if the eggs are "talking" to them yet, if our little ones are peeping inside. Too much chirping going on the be able to tell.

[Jean]

10:02am..........Trooper began to call out and so did Ma. Trooper flew over the nest from the evergreen tree.

Trooper could be up top in the tree as I cannot see him anywhere.

Cam controls being difficult right now.

[Jean]

10:10am..............Both tower eagles home.

Sue, that adult was looking odd this morning as it was grooming its feathers....no problem here. Good to see that we think there is at least one chick there now........will go back and have a look at the rollback for that (8:03 am on the W cam).

ADDED:...............Rollback won't go back far enough to see that 8:03am event on the neighbouring tower.

[Jean]

10:16am..............Ma looks lovely with the sun shining on her face.

[Jean]

10:25am........Ma is doing a lot of looking around..............but other than that nothing has changed. Still not seeing Trooper but he could be up top out of our view.

Have a few things to take care of.......back in a while.

I am now OFF both cams.

Please post if you are watching. Thanks.

[Sue_Wis]

Leftovers, w/ eggs visible.