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7:36 PM CDT - Parent brooding facing 7 but looking around from 4 to 8.
7:49 - Parent stands up, moves around, and settles back down over hawklets, facing 11.

Sunday, April 13,  2008

Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 54. North northwest wind between 10 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 27 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. North northwest wind between 5 and 9 mph.

08:05  F brooding facing 12

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If you continue to think the way you've always thought then you will continue to get what you've always got, is that enough?

Sunday, April 13th, 10:30am. Female just finished feeding babies, a small bird was lunch. It seemed like the largest baby got all of the meal.  The smaller baby was being pushed down by the larger baby.  I did not see the smaller get anything to eat. Female left nest, babies quiet.

10:21  F feeds Hawklets from prey bird (possibly pigeon or quail)

10:28 F flies towards 9

10:31 M arrives from 3 perches on 9 ledge, then broods facing 9

10:40 M flies towards 9, F arrives from 3, perched on 3 ledge

10:50 F still perched on 3 ledge

 

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If you continue to think the way you've always thought then you will continue to get what you've always got, is that enough?

12:30 PM CDT - Parent feeding at least one hawklet.
12:38 - Feeding has continued.  Hawklet being fed may be holding its sibling down so it can't feed.  Smaller hawklet seems to be struggling to get up but not successful.
12:44 - Parent settles down over chicks facing 8.

12:23  F feeding hawklets, older defecates (good sign)

12:46  F broods facing 9

13:06 F brooding facing 9 while sleeping

 

Note: most raptors (owls excluded- they close the top eyelid) close their eyes by bringing the lower eyelid up. Raptors also have a nictitating membrane (clear eyelid that help clean and protect the eye. Birds can not create tears so this third eyelid helps preform the function of tears.

Also note birds don't go into a deep level of sleep like many mammals. They can sleep while roosting as well, but are always alert to sounds of danger.

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If you continue to think the way you've always thought then you will continue to get what you've always got, is that enough?

Sunday: Continued cool. Partly cloudy then clearing.
Wind: NW 10-20 mph
Afternoon High: 54

 

14:14  F sitting nest at 7:00. Looking around from 6-9 oclock.  Windy.

 

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

14:30  F feeding both Hawklets

14:37  F flew via 9

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If you continue to think the way you've always thought then you will continue to get what you've always got, is that enough?

Sometime prior to these observations one of the adults brought a stick with greenery for placing on the nest. It can be seen in the 6 location of nest edge. We don't know exactly why many raptor species bring greenery to a nest, before or during use. Some theories suggest as an insecticide, other suggest to show an active nesting territory.

16:28  F feeding both hawklets part of small rodent (mouse, vole ?)

16:34  F jumps to 9 ledge then flies toward 9.

A shadow of the lower body of a hawk can be seen in the upper right corner of the screen, shortly after the F flies.

16:45  F returns via 3 and broods hawklets facing 6 while rearranging greenery into nesting sticks. 

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If you continue to think the way you've always thought then you will continue to get what you've always got, is that enough?

4:25 PM CDT - Parent brooding facing 10.

4:27 - Parent gets up and walks to 3 in nest, begins feeding hawklet.

4:30 - Finally see the other hawklet's head way down in the nest.  Never saw 2nd hawklet get any food.

4:34 - parent hops to ledge at 9 and flies off.  Hawklets alone in nest.

4:44 - Parent flies in from 3.  Settles over hawklets facing 5.  Spends several minutes  moving the evergreen branch, which has been flapping in the breeze behind the rail, to various positions behind the rail.

17:46  F at nest, M arrives with prey (bird, possibly small woodpecker) from 3 then leaves via 3

           F feeds both hawklets until...

18:05 F broods facing 8

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If you continue to think the way you've always thought then you will continue to get what you've always got, is that enough?

18:50  Adult (not sure which one) feeding older hawklet.  Hawlet seemed not so hungry , adult eating as well.  Adult sets down on nest over both hawklets facing 9:00.  Sun is low and makes shadows on the nest.  I do see the green nesting material.

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'Security—does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.' Helen Keller

Monday, April 14, 2008

Today: Sunny, with a high near 60. North northwest wind between 3 and 5 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 39. Southeast wind between 3 and 8 mph.

I couldn't get cam up until 08:00

08:00  F brooding facing 6

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If you continue to think the way you've always thought then you will continue to get what you've always got, is that enough?

08:56  F stretching

08:58  F flies toward 9

09:06  older hawklet defecates

09:12  F arrives from 3, stands over hawklets

09:24  F flies toward 9

09:37  M arrives from 9 with prey (mouse, vole or mole) places @ 4, roosts on ledge at 9 then rouse

09:42  M preening

09:52  M flies toward 9, cam pans briefly

09:57  M arrives from 9 with stick, places @ 5, perches at 7 on rail

10:02 cam zoomed in on hawklets and prey

10:40 adult arrives from 3 (unable to identify because of zoomed in cam)

 

10:48  F broods hawklets facing 5 (cam had zoomed out)

11:00 F pivots and broods facing 1

11:25  F up and feeds hawklets (cam zooms in on hawklets), both are fed but not a great deal before F flies toward 9

 

Note: Adult raptors will normally not feed entrails to eyasses and at the nest site will consume them themselves to help keep nest cleaner.

rouse: the action of the bird to shake itself to help realign the feathers

stretching: birds will often balance on one leg while fanning their tail and opposite wing and leg.

 

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If you continue to think the way you've always thought then you will continue to get what you've always got, is that enough?

11:50 AM CDT - Hawklets alone in nest; appear to be sleeping.

11:53 - 58 - The only hawket I can actually see raises head a couple of times.

12:14 PM - Hawklets still alone in nest.