Egg #2 Laid!
Bel's Nest Log: EARLY MORN: M gets up to
stretch, preen, fluff & roll 2:08:24am, settles back down 2:12:00; M gets
up again 3:10:11, lays back down 3:12:47; M up again 4:27:24, snuggles down
4:28:48; M stands up to fluff-n-roll 5:25:12, lays down 5:26:34. MORN: M "yawns"
6:19:18 & gets up 6:19:26 and stretches 6:20:04; egg roll time 6:20:34,
then lays on egg 6:22:25; fluff-n-roll time again 7:13:51, lays back down
7:16:36; IR light off 7:27:57am; M softly chirps 7:28:35; M gets up 7:30:57
& hops to LB 7:31:28, S/C #1-M flies out 7:31:35, D lands on LB 7:32:15, D
to nest 7:32:43, rolls egg then snuggles down 7:33:20; D rolls egg 7:37:54,
settles back down 7:38:14 & pulls up the blanket (fluff); D gets up to
fluff-n-roll 8:03:58, lays back down 8:04:45; D stands up and alerts 8:13:41 as
he watches something fly by; D rolls egg 8:13:51, lays down 8:15:16; egg roll
8:43:59; D calls to M 9:05:46; D watches something above the nest 9:13:57; S/C
#2-M in FD 9:15:18, D stands up 9:15:22, D calls out 9:15:30 before flying out
BD 9:15:50; M moves over to fluff-n-roll 9:16:46, snuggles down 9:19:21; D
flies by on left side & M calls to him 11:09:47; S/C#3-M gets up 11:09:55
& flies out BD 11:10:27; D in to LB 11:11:26, hops to nest then snuggles
down; D fluff-n-roll 1:39:23, 2:13:40; D gets up 2:27:48; SC#4 D out BD
2:28:59; flyby behind nest 2:29:59; M in to LB 2:30:10; M hops to nest 2:30:28;
M snuggles on egg 2:32:04; D in LB/nest w/fluff 3:39:09; D drags a stick over
M's back 3:40:04; D rouses 3:43:44; D out FD 3:45:56; M talks 4:25:13; cardinal
briefly lands on back branch 4:53:08; flyby 5:05:06; M gets up to fluff-n-roll
5:38:23, lays back down 5:40:35; M up again 6:07:43; M picks at stick 6:11:35;
IR light 6:14:24; M does a quick egg roll 6:21:17, lays back down 6:22:00; M
slowly stands up 6:36:10 and her back feathers ruffle as she appears to be
having contractions; shudder & soft chirps 6:37:18; bigger shudders
6:38:46, 6:39:01; M starts lifting her tail 6:39:20 & 6:39:42, final tail
lift & push 6:39:52; M shifts weight & there's a brief view of both
eggs 6:40:49; M gingerly shifts around 6:44:15 and rolls eggs 6:44:37; M
snuggles down to incubate 6:50:11; D starts calls out 7:23:26; D lands on LB
7:24:01 calling to M; D moves around a bit still calling to M 7:26:49; D hops
to nest to check on M 7:31:05; D hops on RB 7:31:34; D calls out again 7:31:43;
Sounds like D rouses 7:32:14.