I turn off the truck and gather up all my stuff to set up. I find Harriet and PB in the nest tree at 5:30 am. Well at least I think it's PB . I could be pleasantly surprised one day and find out it's Ozzie instead of PB.. right ?!? Well any how I get a few pics before Dona Broock arrives. I let her know two of them are in the nest tree this morning. As daylight breaks, you can tell it's Harriet and PB of course. Harriet says good morning and PB goes to the old cam 2 tree. PB preens a bit and stretches. Harriet does a few vocals then off to one of the front pins. She is moving around looking for a stick or maybe moss. PB flies back to the nest while Harriet is in the pine and moves things around like he is making a spot for whatever Harriet may bring back. Aww . Done with that PB hops to the porch branch and waits for Harriet to come back. Harriet moves to the next pine and finds herself a nice stick and brings it back to the nest. PB is still on the porch branch waiting . Harriet flies out from the front pine heads out around the old cam 2 tree then back up to the nest tree and lands in the nest. PB hops into the nest and helps, well really he takes over the placement of the nice curved stick Harriet just brought in. LOL just like Ozzie.Harriet turns towards the spike branch while PB is low in the nest and her tail is over part of PB 's back . Harriet then steps up to the veranda then up to the attic branch. PB then goes back to the porch branch. So now it's PB 's turn to get some thing for the nest. He flies off the branch and is headed to the snag tree with the vines on it again. He really wants those vines..lol He still can't get them off the tree so off he goes to the ground by the pond under one of the full trees. This is also the tree the horses like to rub their backs on . It's so funny watching them when they do that. The whole limbs move back and forth while they are scratching their backs.
PB is walking around just a bit then flies off , around the tree low over the pond and still low to the ground as he makes his way back to the old cam 2 tree. PB is soon joined by a couple of starlings. Harriet does a few vocals ,PB looks around then both are preening. PB on the old cam 2 tree and Harriet still on the attic branch.
PB leaves the OCT and heads to the west pasture tree line to one of the palms that has dried vine on it. See I told he has a thing for them. Still no luck in getting one of those vines so down to the ground to see what he could find there. It so funny watching them walk on the ground. He's looking around and still doesn't find anything he likes. Harriet has moved up to a higher branch and sits watching PB. Finally he finds a little something and I do mean little ....and brings it back to the nest.
PB hops up to the attic branch and both are just relaxing and preening.PB takes off , flies around the pasture by the pond , not sure if he was looking for anything or just needed to spread his wings a bit. Heads back to the nest tree and lands on a branch close to Harriet . They are both way up on the outer branches to my right as I stand on the church side. Harriet a bit lower than PB. At one point PB bends over and looks our way as if to say "Peck-A_Boo I see you " I'm cracking up. He's so darn funny at times. Harriet isn't paying us an attention. She is looking to the west.
By this time it's almost 8:26 am. I'm just so happy they have stayed this long. Both are very relaxed with each other and just chilling. PB does a PS and leaves the nest tree heading SW way past Publix.
Harriet is still with us for another 45 mins just relaxing and looking NW. She stretches and turns around and now something has caught he eye in the SW direction that PB when. 9:17 am Harriet leaves the nest tree is heading towards the SW. Just a bit after Harriet, left one of the Horses was a bit agitated by something and was vocalizing it's displeasure and charged a bit then stopped then vocalized again then ran up just a bit past the nest tree. I guess he didn't much care for the way this person walked off or the way they were carrying what they had. I have never in all the times I have been up to the nest ,seen any one of them do this before. It really caught mine and Dona's attention. Dona explained to me that his whole posture and the way he moved, charged then stop then did it again then ran up to .. was a sign of agitation/displeasure . Wow the things you see and learn. Dona and I sit for awhile and talk and watch the horses then it's time to go . We leave around 10:00 am.
Ozzie ,Harriet and PB, be safe out there. Ozzie I'll see you when you're ready to come home.
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