Thursday afternoon was fairly calm around the eagle habitat. Then Jackie dropped by the nest for a few minutes before heading over to the Cactus Snag. She spent about forty minutes perched there. It was quiet except for the persistent sound of her occasional calls. Her calls could have been a shout out to Shadow, who showed up soon after and landed on a lower branch to the left of her.
Jackie soon headed over to the nest tree where she briefly laid down and waited for Shadow to come over and join her for some nest time. On his way there, he made a couple of flybys first. This fly-around included a fast zoom by the Simba Tree, along with the sound of a heavy duty branch being snapped off. Very impressive Shadow!
After doing some work together and perhaps thinking they were done, Shadow climbed up to the back porch. That was probably not the best move, as Jackie may have wanted more bonding time. It was then that she initiated a loud and lengthy conversation that really only made sense to them. ‘Eaglish’ sure is a beautiful language but it's difficult to interpret!
So Shadow retreated and climbed back into the nest. They made some good attempts to place his latest stick, which was unruly and not being very cooperative. It finally found its place though, as a reinforced guardrail on the left side of the front porch. Whew!
They carried on another discussion, perhaps about when Jackie might be ready to lay her first egg… but unfortunately, we couldn't understand that either! She may have looked a little ‘eggy’ last night but not quite yet, so they did some more bowl work then called it a day and both left to go roost for the night.
This morning, listening from a quiet place, the beautiful songs of our favorite eagle couple filled the air. Jackie arrived first and they enjoyed a lovely bonding session. Shadow fetched a couple of sticks as the sunshine filtered through the clouds and other bird chatter could be heard. They perched back-to-back observing the area from both porches before flying off.
There are still No Eggs yet and we remain on Egg Watch. Stay safe and well Jackie and Shadow.
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“Egg Watch” Continues…
Thursday afternoon was fairly calm around the eagle habitat. Then Jackie dropped by the nest for a few minutes before heading over to the Cactus Snag. She spent about forty minutes perched there. It was quiet except for the persistent sound of her occasional calls. Her calls could have been a shout out to Shadow, who showed up soon after and landed on a lower branch to the left of her.
Jackie soon headed over to the nest tree where she briefly laid down and waited for Shadow to come over and join her for some nest time. On his way there, he made a couple of flybys first. This fly-around included a fast zoom by the Simba Tree, along with the sound of a heavy duty branch being snapped off. Very impressive Shadow!
After doing some work together and perhaps thinking they were done, Shadow climbed up to the back porch. That was probably not the best move, as Jackie may have wanted more bonding time. It was then that she initiated a loud and lengthy conversation that really only made sense to them. ‘Eaglish’ sure is a beautiful language but it's difficult to interpret!
So Shadow retreated and climbed back into the nest. They made some good attempts to place his latest stick, which was unruly and not being very cooperative. It finally found its place though, as a reinforced guardrail on the left side of the front porch. Whew!
They carried on another discussion, perhaps about when Jackie might be ready to lay her first egg… but unfortunately, we couldn't understand that either! She may have looked a little ‘eggy’ last night but not quite yet, so they did some more bowl work then called it a day and both left to go roost for the night.
This morning, listening from a quiet place, the beautiful songs of our favorite eagle couple filled the air. Jackie arrived first and they enjoyed a lovely bonding session. Shadow fetched a couple of sticks as the sunshine filtered through the clouds and other bird chatter could be heard. They perched back-to-back observing the area from both porches before flying off.
There are still No Eggs yet and we remain on Egg Watch. Stay safe and well Jackie and Shadow.
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