Delta2 2017 - 2018 Observation and Discussion Thread

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One more rolling of the egg

She turns and then lays back down

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6:42 am - Good Morning Delta 2 Watchers! I am in on the cams. Ma has been calling out for Pa to come relieve her.....or bring breakfast.

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Pretty morning sky

No one on the evergreen tree

No one home at the neighbor's tower or pole

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No one on the far right tower/pole

We have a little one on the center tower, hawk maybe

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6:49 am - Ma all up in a roar

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She flew up to the branch leaving the egg alone

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6:52 am - Ma flew back down to the nest

Note that this is Pa in the nest.....rollback isn't working on the E Cam and I had the W Cam off the nest for a couple minutes and by the time I got this s'cap it was only Pa on the nest.

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7:00 am - Pa was calling out.

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So, because the rollback is not working properly for either cam really at this point, I am keeping both cams on the nest and will have to grab s'caps directly from the zoomer cam to post/document. Hoping I don't miss the 2nd egg. Well, obviously with Pa on the nest at this point, there shouldn't be another egg just yet, lol.

7:04 am - Ma must be here, on the Delta Port pole

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7:07 am - Pa close up

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7:20 am - Pa so delicately rolls the egg

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The very precious egg

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7:22 am - Pa enjoying his time on the egg with the little birdies chirping nearby

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7:29 am - Pa trying to break off some of the greenery

Pa loves to put stuff on his back I guess

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7:30 am - Precious Pa

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7:39 am - Different views of Pa

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7:42 am - Ma is still on the Delta Port pole

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7:42 am - Pa is up and tending to the egg. Digging a little to soften things up

Then rolling the egg

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Pa softening the area around the edge

And the egg just before Pa lays down to incubate the egg

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7:58 am - Pa calling out

Ma still out on the Delta Port pole. Didn't realize that I caught two birds flying down on the left side of the pole.

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8:04 am - Pa up and moving and rolling the egg

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8:05 am - Pa looks like a little present here. Such a cutie pie!

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8:23 am - Pa is up again and rolling the egg

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Close ups of Pa's right side of beak & eye

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Close ups of Pa's left side of beak & eye. His beak is healing well.

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8:41 am - Pa got up and started vocalizing and then flew off the nest

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Pa came flying back towards the tree, and it was weird but I thought I saw him go high up in the tree, then another eagle seemed to come from off the front side of the nest and land on the branch....which is Pa, so there may have been two eagles.

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8:43 am - Pa flew off the branch and into the nest and went right to the egg.

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Pa all settled down on the egg

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And right before all this happened with Pa going off the nest, I had just so happen to take the E Cam out to the Delta Port Pole, and Ma was there, but I didn't catch a s'cap because Pa was starting to make noise & I brought the cam back to the nest. I went to the rollback and it somewhat helped.
8:40 am - Ma was there, and then the rollback jumped a few seconds so I didn't actually see her fly off.