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| Slim looking around to the NW then NE from the riiight pond tree |
I was watching Harriet and Slim on the cam before I left the house .Some time after 4 I think it was , I forgot to note the time both Harriet and Slim are vocalizing. I head for the nest and see Harriet above the attic branch and Slim on the upper right outer branch when I get there.
Both vocalize around 6:13 am. Slim drops down into the nest and Harriet is vocalizing at him.Slim pays her no never mind and is moving a stick around. Slim then heads up to the attic branch. A couple of mins later they both drop down into the nest and are aerating the nest. This is a good sign. Harriet hops on to the porch branch and leaves Slim to aerating the nest. Harriet is vocalizing off and on and Slim goes about what he is doing. Harriet moves to the branch above the attic branch ,then Slim to the attic branch. Both are looking around. Donna is already here ,then Jeff arrives and tells us about the GHO ( Great Horned Owl ) that attacked/went after Harriet last night and how Harriet chased it. This was around 10:00 pm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXXz-El-IuU
Now we know why they were both on the lookout sore of speak this morning. Slim flies to the right pond tree both are watching to the NW/NE .
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| Harriet sleeping,Slim up on the higher branch |
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| Harriet |
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| Harriet snoozing |
Satisfied with the placement of the stick Slim hops out onto the porch branch. Harriet is still on her branch. 7:54 am Slim heads to the poles. Harriet stays .
Harriet vocalizes off and on and does some preening. Harriet has visitors stop by. Starlings, Grackles, a Shrike, Doves and many others. Around 9:00 am takes off towards the pond area and it looked like maybe she was going after something or maybe just chasing it off. I could see anything but there was Cattle Egrets and a Great Blue Heron by the pond so maybe that's what she scared off..lol
Harriet makes a flight around the back of the pond flying to the right pond tree and vocalizes. Yep I guess she was letting them know it's her pond area. A few crows are back and while Harriet was sitting one crow dive bombs her.
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| Harriet and a Crow |
Harriet tells crow to be gone with itself . Harriet sits and rouses her feathers. I love when she does this She fluffs up all her feathers and shakes.
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| Harriet rousing her feathers |
Harriet sits for a bit then flies up to get part of a branch from the tree. Look at how she is looking to her left as she goes up to get the branch. Amazing !
Harriet breaks the branch but only gets a small part of it as the rest falls to the ground.
Harriet heads back to the nest with the small part of the branch. Done with that Harriet flies up to her perching spot. Then Harriet starts vocalizing like we have heard her do many of times when she see's Ozzie coming . We start looking for Slim and sure enough here he comes from the NW and flies right over and past us to the SSE. Harriet vocalizing the whole time and watching as he goes. Now what a difference this is to observe . Slim seems very independent whereas M15 wasn't in the beginning of their relationship. M15 would follow Harriet all over the place. Maybe it was because E6 was around and he didn't want M15 near his nest ..lol
Harriet goes back to preening. I think she is taking this time to get her feathers all straighten out from the rain and maybe from last night. Before I forget. The reason I think it was a GHO is that there has been one in the area for awhile now. Last Season one almost knocked Harriet off the nest and Ozzie went after it. It has been known for GHO to take over Eagles nest when they are not around or try when they are around.
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| Harriet |
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| Harriet's ruffled panties as I call them..lol |
Harriet satisfied with her preening heads off towards the SE at 10:42 am. It's good to see some kind of "normalcy" again. Only time will tell if they will get into "bonding/mating " mood and I hope it's soon. But I know All in Eagle Time !
