Good Morning Everyone

Sorry, I haven't watched this nest enough to know which parent is which. The nest was empty for at least a half hour when I first started watching this am.

Thought I should document as I seemed to be the only one watching.
I'm a little rusty with posting and screen caps.

8:47 am eggs are still unattended

Hi Diana


850 am
Belle landed at 12 and stood there for abit.

858 am
Belle moves up to egg cup area; looked at egg
did an egg roll I think then backed out of the egg cup area.
Stood and looked around abit then flew out of the nest.
I wonder if something is wrong with the egg or Belle just
wants a break I sure hope the egg is intact but this
is third time that no attempt to incubate.

919 am
Nest still empty.
Scap of egg cup and nest is below.

926 am
Nest still empty.
Windy gusts continue.

927 am
Belle just returned with a branch a large one
:thumlft: Eating at 6 oclock





Out to work have a great day Belle and Liberty talons crossed

9:26 am
Nest is empty

A moment later adult lands with a stick.
Moves about the nest. Stands in the bowl trying to fit the stick on the rim of the bowl....gives up and sets the stick on the side of the nest in the snow.
No attempt to check eggs or roll eggs. Doesn't seem interested in the bowl at all.

9:28 am
Has found something to eat at the 6:00 rim.

9:33 am
Flies off.

I think it's safe to say they've given up on the eggs being viable.

930 am
Belle is eating at the front porch.
She is ripping and enjoying her small meal.
Lets hope that Belle was cooling the egg and just out
hunting
Gusty winds.

933 am
Belle flies out of the nest.



Scap of the egg cup



Now I am off to work. I hope I come home to good news tonight

9:38 am
Adult back again. Stands looking about and glances at the bowl.

9:40 a.m.
Moves to the bowl. Stands in it and rearranges a stick.
Pecking about in the bowl with it's beak

9:41 am
Moves out of the bowl.
Stands looking about the area.

9:42 am
Flies off to the right of the nest.

Sorry I don't know these eagles well enough to know the male from the female but I believe that may have been Belle.
She's definitely not interested in incubating if there are any eggs in the bowl.
Is it possible, because she laid the last in the snow, that the egg couldn't harden off like it should have and she knows instinctively that it won't hatch later ?

Good Morning everyone ~~ Nice S,caps ~~ I too am of the same mind Judy ~~ This couple had no much to contend with ~~ I was up most of the night Danu who was sick and i checked this nest several times and Belle was incubating the egg .

One just flew in with large stick at 10:50am


placed it at 12 o'clock and flew off.

Back again at 11:00am with another stick , checks out the nest bowl and sits in it .



11:15 Belle looking around ~~ wind blowing ~~ appears to be sunny there~~ she is so pretty
sitting there in the nest bowl.