5:55pm ma is calm on the nest (cam feed is still choppy)
no one on the AN rails.

OUT --- bye-bye bobble, be safe.

Just saw a little bobblehead, yoohoo! I see it's old news here, you guys are quick! Are we calling this a today hatch or yesterday? Here's a scap, best I could catch of the little one but definitely bobbling!

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Just saw a little bobblehead, yoohoo! I see it's old news here, you guys are quick! Are we calling this a today hatch or yesterday? Here's a scap, best I could catch of the little one but definitely bobbling!

My inclination is to call it a hatch today, Twizzkid.

There was behavior yesterday that suggested a hatch was in progress - but unless I missed something, I didn't see any of the key indicators of a completed hatch, such as:
- piece of shell removed from nest
- food being delivered but not eaten
- food being offered to a chick, whether or not we can see it

We can - and have - had hatches occur without any of those indicators. And some Dads are so eager that they bring food at the first tiny internal peep, which may occur a day or two before the hatch is complete. But unless someone who hasn't been able to post yet has additional information, I think the chick probably hatched this morning, and was first seen at 1:27 pm.

7:27pm..........Mom is on the nest and seems pretty settled although she has been looking around a bit. JudyB, thanks for the great video of the feeding! You could definitely see the little bobblehead just behind that branch. Fabulous s'caps today everyone!



No one on the rail. Terry, this view of the tree was holding an extremely long time for me too this morning!

7:34pm........Mom was up and moving around but I missed most of it. Also, the camera is freezing sometimes and it is taking a long time for the buffer to fill so it is easy to miss what is happening in the nest.

7:38pm..........More moving around. And more moving moss and stuff.

Looking at the wee babe.




I'm out for a while......

7:30 Mom gives the babe a bedtime snack!




7:55Mom having a snooze !


7:56 Dad looking out for his family on the AN
Rail

8:08pm jst like gemini showed -- mama is snoozing at the end of a busy day with the new chick