Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
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Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
1:57 pm Brit is still on duty. She has gotten up a couple of times but mostly protecting her egg from the elements.
“Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful. They see from the sky what we never see.” – Unknown
Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
1438 - Brit, I presume, is still on duty. It looks like the sun is threatening to make an appearance, but it's hard to say. I hope Brit gets a break from this rain soon, in fact, I hope all the Hancock parents get a break from this rain soon. There are little beaks waiting to be fed!
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Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
2:57 pm in rollback, Brit calls out and after a couple of minutes is up, flaps her wings and flies.
“Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful. They see from the sky what we never see.” – Unknown
Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
2:59 pm in rollback, I think this is Brit who comes back after a very short break. It is getting harder to tell with their very wet feathers.
“Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful. They see from the sky what we never see.” – Unknown
Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
3:24 pm Brit is still on duty (I think). The feather formation looks like her wing feathers.
“Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful. They see from the sky what we never see.” – Unknown
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3:28 pm Brit takes another short fly about by flying and quickly returning. The north cam looks to have gone offline for a few minutes but is back.
“Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful. They see from the sky what we never see.” – Unknown
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3:54 pm in rollback, finally Brit will get a real break. She flies. Heard eagle chatter off the cam and then Rey comes into the nest. He settles in for egg duty.
“Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful. They see from the sky what we never see.” – Unknown
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Rey's dry condition is in stark contrast to poor Brit's earlier. Glad to see he was able to keep dry somewhere today. Now it's Brit's turn to take care of herself, while he keeps their egg dry.
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Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
If I could keep Brit dry I would we have had some bad rain here the last week , great to see Rey ,
Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
7:40pm....IN on both cams.....checking the rollback.
From the rollback.........Rey got up at 6:49pm. He called out as Brit was coming back, did a PS and flew from the nest.
From the rollback.........Rey got up at 6:49pm. He called out as Brit was coming back, did a PS and flew from the nest.
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Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
7:48pm.....From the rollback.........Brit landed in the nest, came straight to the egg and gave it a roll before settling down over it.
Rey flew off the nest.
Brit landed.
Rey flew off the nest.
"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time..............they have the heart"..........Elizabeth Andrew
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Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
7:49pm.....Brit has remained on top of the egg since she came back to the nest.
"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time..............they have the heart"..........Elizabeth Andrew
(Member since 9/10/11)
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Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
7:56pm....Brit stood up in the nest, did some serious aerating to keep the bowl soft, then laid back down over the egg. I tried to get a look at the egg but Brit was keeping close contact with the egg.
"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time..............they have the heart"..........Elizabeth Andrew
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Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
8:00pm.....Brit looks to be hunkering down over the egg now. She will probably sleep soon. With this rain it is very quiet out there with no one moving around. All the trees are full of leaves now so the view out from the nest has become very limited. I did a quick look for Rey...........did not see him.
OFF cams.
OFF cams.
"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time..............they have the heart"..........Elizabeth Andrew
(Member since 9/10/11)
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Re: Surrey Reserve 2023-2024 Observation and Discussion
9:13 pm in rollback, Brit has a typical evening and this time she is up for a nice wing stretch.
“Eagles: When they walk, they stumble. They are not what one would call graceful. They were not designed to walk. They fly. And when they fly, oh, how they fly, so free, so graceful. They see from the sky what we never see.” – Unknown