THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011

5:43 am
It is unbelievably foggy this morning.
Dad is on the eggs. They must do their first switch earlier than I'm up in the morning. because this is the second morning in a row that Dad has been on the nest when I checked in.

5:45 am
Mom has arrived. She did a lot of squawking until Dad got off the eggs and flew off.


5:46 am
Mom is on the eggs.

6:58 am
Mom is up to give the eggs a roll.


Once she settles on the eggs she seems to be on the alert about something.

7:53 am
Up for another egg roll.

11:26 am
This is Mom on the nest. She has been sneezing a lot. Tuesday Dad was the one sneezing and if I recall last year the chicks at this nest also seemed to be sneezing a lot. I wonder if it's from some type of parasite bothering their nares ??
Hopefully it is nothing serious when they have a brood to raise this year.


11:32 am
Mom up to give the eggs a good roll.

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011

6:09 AM
Mom on the eggs. She is still sneezing but not quite as frequently as she was yesterday.

6:37 am
Dad arrived home.

6:38 am
He's walked closer to the camera and Mom is chattering at him the entire time.

6:39 am
Mom remained on the eggs the entire time he was on the nest so he turned and flew off.