Bel's Nest Log: Rainy morning. IR
light off 7:08:25am; M chatters softly to D 7:48:17, D in BSD w/mangled UFO
(redhead duck?) 7:48:32, he rouses 7:49:04; M gets up 7:49:29; D to LB 7:50:22
& out 7:50:37; no feeding, M aerates & hunkers back down 7:57:36; soggy
feeding 8:25:24; M covers B10 8:30:25; feeding 9:57:22. Mom feeds baby
11:41:06.
S/C#1-M to LB 1:20:02pm &
out 1:20:10; D in to LB 1:20:17, B10 PS 1:20:36, D to nest 1:20:42, feeding
1:21:21.
S/C#2-M in FD w/small stick
1:32:11, D places it on back rail; M feeds 1:33:24, D steps up on RB 1:34:12
& out 1:34:21; M aerates & snuggles down 1:47:21; M gets up 3:37:02,
B10 crop drop 3:37:17 & M rouses 3:37:28; feeding 3:44:12; B10 all tucked
under by 3:56:34; M still brooding 4:39:00; M was nibbling on duck while
brooding and gets up with a piece of duck in her mouth 4:58:44; Feeds baby
4:59:26; D in FD 5:57:49; M snatches fluff 5:58:19 & spreads it around; D
takes picks up a piece of duck 5:58:37 & eats in the pantry, M chirps
softly and gets up 5:59:00, D uncovers some nestovers 5:59:19, M still softly
chirping & B10 watching D; M moves over to join D in the pantry 600:40, D
uncovers another pelt 6:01:24, M picks up remaining duck backbone 6:01:44, D
feeds B10 6:02:16, M feeds B10 a bite 6:02:32, then both parents double-team to
feed baby; after getting a bite from D, B10 appears to be casting a pellet
6:04:05, D removes something black (pellet?) from B10's beak 6:04:44.
S/C#3 M out BD 6:10:32, D cuddles w/B10
6:12:02.
S/C#4-M in FD w/stick 6:30:28, D
gets up 6:30:50 & flies out BD 6:31:08; B10 PS 6:31:36 then chitters at M;
M moves stick 6:32:03, then B10 crawls under her 6:23:23; IR light on 6:51:01.
