Berry College 2021-2022 Nest Thread

Philjo56France · Post by **Philjo56France** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:11 am

05h10 Delaying the incubation

Philjo56France · Post by **Philjo56France** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 4:01 am

06h57

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:07 am

Good Morning Missy, Dad, Bev, Judy, everyone.....bonjour Philjo. Thank you for your s'caps and obs.

Weather
Monday, December 6, 2021

8:08am
Missy is on the nest incubating; appears a little warm

Ugh, there was a Cam reset at 7:06am so I missed Dad's arrival and viewing his egg this morning. Chat said Missy started calling him about 6:06am. He arrived at 7:09:49am.

But with those times, I should be able to roll DVR back but it only goes to 8:00am; some chatters don't post as nest time so maybe the reset was 8:06am

Chat said Missy flew up to LYB at 7:10:13am and off at 7:12:10am
No mention of when there was another exchange
8:13am
up, aerates, nudges egg, resumes incubation

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:17 am

8:17am
Missy up, aerates, readjusts position

8:20am
up to aerate bole , resumes incubation, pulls grasses around her again
8:21-8:22am
tucking grasses

8:23am
up, aerates bole, rocks down to incubate
8:29am
up off egg, looks around; nice deep nest cup; aerates

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:46 am

closeup of the egg

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8:36am
Missy incubating

9:10:32am
Dad in BD with breakfast for Missy

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:50 am

9:10am
Dad watching the skies, tracking something; Missy eating

Dad staring down at his egg while Missy eats

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:54 am

9:13am
Dad goes to the egg, gently rolls it but does not incubate

Dad standing over egg

Missy's feathers really blowing in the wind; Dad pulling and twisting nest material

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:59 am

9:20pm
Dad not incubating; Missy stops eating o look at Dad

9:21am
Missy is finished eating, to LYB where she feakss her beak to clean it

9:22am
Dad rolls the egg, Missy flies off LYB; Dad settles down to incubate; nope, back up to roll egg, readjusts position

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:01 am

9:24am
Dad down to incubate

9:29am
in same position

I need to get some things done; I'll BBL

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:04 am

I wanted to post some great chat information from Jean Galloway on delayed incubation
Dec 6, 12:09 AM
Jean Galloway: Credit "elfruler.com" Bald Eagles’ eggs hatch successively in the order in which they were laid, called asynchronous hatching.The first chick to hatch will be larger and more developed than its sibling(s), which gives it an advantage in the competition for food in the nest.To help mitigate this disparity, the parents usually incubate the first egg intermittently until the second egg is laid, which slows the development of the embryos of the earlier eggs. (cont)

Dec 6, 12:11 AM
Jean Galloway: Credit "elfruler.com" This phenomenon is sometimes referred to as “delayed incubation,” but the parents usually do incubate most of the time, so it is actually the hatching that is delayed. A better description of the behavior might be “intermittent incubation.” Scientists use the term parental attentiveness in reference to the amount of time parents devote to incubating. (cont)

Dec 6, 12:12 AM
Jean Galloway: Credit "elfruler.com" Parents gradually increase their attentiveness until the clutch is complete.
Since later eggs are incubated more consistently than earlier eggs, their development progresses more quickly and they hatch in less time.

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:37 am

Bel-a Donna 9Donna Nickerson) just posted the egg timer link
https://www.tickcounter.com/countup/227 ... -1-countup
There have been 4 shift changes so far
Cam 2 is offline; BCE has been notified
I need to run out for a bit; I'll post the DVR s'caps when I get back unless someone wants to.
2:37pm
Missy on nest incubating

Post by **Kitcat11848** » Mon Dec 06, 2021 1:42 pm

From DVR earlier
11:21am
Dad incubating; starting to rain
11:54am
raining harder; Dad up to reposition, nudges egg, back down to keep his egg nice and dry
12:38pm
still raining lightly
1:02pm shakes rain off his head, gets up, shoes run off; moves to eat the leftovers from this morning