VideoClip: Blue Herron
VideoClip: B10 vs Mom
(77 days old) B10 up at 6:30:26, wingersizes; IR light
off 6:31:35, PS 6:32:01, hop/flaps all over 6:32:22, to Y-nook 6:33:07, moves
up LB 6:33:21 & wingersizes then perches; per chatters, Blue Herron perches
in right tree top around 6:30 or so; B10 still perched barely visible 8:00:00,
still perched 8:49:03; Cam 1 reset 8:54. B10 to nest 9:25:56 for a little
wingersizing & talon grabbing practice 9:26:33; to right rail 9:28:16; more
talon practice 9:28:40 & beaking practice, too; play time over, back to
perch on LB 9:29:24; to nest 10:36:20; to LB 10:37:58 moves up & perches,
to nest 11:34:17, grabs stick in beak 11:34:31 & hops w/it, drops it,
talons it; grabs fluff 11:34:50 & pecks at it; over to right rail 11:45:53
to look around; across nest then to LB 11:49:28, to nest 12:17:06pm; B10 chews on sticks at right rail 12:19:02; drags one
to the growing pile in center of nest 12:19:15; picks up a larger one from the
pile and carries it around 12:19:28; drops it by the left back of nest
12:19:35; Talon grabs som fluff 12:19:43; grabs stick with other talon
12:19:52; stands on stick 12:19:55; hops to rt side 12:20:35; pulls at another
stick on rt rail 12:21:19; Gets it free then grabs with talons 12:21:49; grabs
sticks on left side w/talons 12:22:19; walks onto LB 12:22:26; Flaps and turns
around on LB going higher 12:22:34; Stays on LB then hops to nest 1:13:20 to
wingersize; Hops around a bit then hops to LB 1:14:22; goes higher 1:14:36;
higher still 1:14:53; rouses 1:17:01; moves almost out of sight 1:17:18; walks
down LB w/wings out 1:21:44; hops to nest 1:21:48; Flaps/hops to rt rail
1:22:16; Hops to Y 1:22:37; Hops to nest for some major wingersizing catching
some height 1:22:42; walks to rt rail 1:23:18… B10 perched out of view on RB 3:43:00; to nest 4:58:50, yoga, head
scratch 4:59:56; wingersizing 5:00:54 & play time (beaking things, hopping
around, talon practice, etc.); big hop/flap to LB 5:06:37, moves up & out
of Cam 1 view 5:07:32; to nest 5:10:08, to RB 5:10:18, back to nest 5:13:37;
B10 spends the next 40 minutes or so looking out the right side door…
M on nest w/B10 at 6:22:14, B10 flaps wings & pushes M right off the nest
(little brat!), M manages to get back on the edge of the nest 6:22:22 only to
have B10 try it again at 6:22:47, but this time M hops to the LB & gets out
of Dodge at 6:23:05pm.
