M15 drops down into the nest and Harriet joins him soon afterwards. The morning list is being gathered and then M15 up to the attic branch. Harriet is still moving a rail to the right place then some preening on her tail it looks like then hops out to the porch branch. Harriet back to the nest then up to the veranda. M15 joins her and attempts to mate but Harriet wasn't having it and hopped into the nest. Hmm I watched her do the same thing last night but then they went to the front pine and did it there. Maybe they don't like the reviews they have been getting in performance ?
M15 stays on the higher part of the veranda and he is looking around while Harriet is making the stick and fluff list longer for today.
M15 takes off towards the Publix pond and beyond. Well I guess he has others plans or maybe a new Stick & Fluff place opened up that way..LOL
Harriet on the veranda branch watching M15 . Harriet is preening, looking around and preening while she is on the veranda then she moves up higher for a better view of the area and maybe M15. Harriet and her usual preening while sitting and she roused her feathers. Harriet turns around and now I have her back to me..LOL She's looking SW then NW. Around 7:15 am Harriet leaves heading NW towards the poles by Bob's. I guess no work from either one of them today. That's ok . Both have worked very hard on the nest the past few days. It's good to see how well the nest is coming along. Of course I have a thing about the fluff . I would love to see more of it for Harriet and the eggs to sit on. But if Harriet has an egg today,what is there is good enough for Her , is good enough for me. I'm not the one sitting on it.
We sit back down and wait to see if anyone comes home . An 1 hr and 45 mins later here comes M15 with some thing small in his one talon. I thought it was food from the way he was looking around for Harriet but the photo I got ,it looks like he tried to garb some nesting material one his way in and only got a very small part . Well we're glad he is back. Now maybe he'll do some stick getting while he's here. Of course I have to put in my 2 cents about the "Fluff"... M15 looking NW I guess he might have spotted Harriet. M15 then flies out of the nest towards the cam 2 tree grabs some moss flies up and over the power lines and some of the moss gets stuck but he keeps going into the west pasture and back to the nest tree. Well how about that. He did this all by himself just like Ozzie would with out Harriet being here. Great Job M15 !
M15 rests for a bit then off again he flies this time to the west pasture . He finds what he is looking for and back he comes with more moss that is stuck to a branch WTG M15. Up and over the lines around the nest tree past OCT around the big full tree that the Horse's like to stand under by the Church side and right past us. Wow he wasn't even bothered by us or looking at us .Always focused on where he is going and what he is doing. M15 heads back to the nest tree and up to the attic branch he lands. As he is dropping down into the nest some of the moss is left on the branch. Well at least he got the stick into the nest maybe he'll get the moss later. M15 rests a bit then up to the attic and is still looking for Harriet to come back. He leaves heading right past us and behind the Church going NE.
Well I guess the moss will have to wait until later when Harriet gets home.
15 mins after M15 leaves Harriet goes past heading over towards the tree by the parking lot. One of the other Eagles showed up. Oh sure she can see that but not M15 working on the nest. LOL
I'm sure she did see him and just didn't want to come home and help.
While I was trying to type all of this down , I heard Harriet on the cam and switched over to see her. She is on the OCT . She just got done with a bath and is preening and thermoregulating and roused her feathers while vocalizing off and on. And what I mean by thermorgulation is that you see her puffing out her feathers in the front and other spots to let the outside air circulate thru and helps cool her off and help dry the feathers at the same time. Then you see her rouse which is a lot like a dog when it shakes all over to get the rest of the water off and fluff up their fur some then the fur lays down.. So does Harriet with her rousing. She fluffs up the feathers then they lay down a bit smoother. She then does her preening to get them back into to shape/ straighten out .I got about 11 mins of it on video and will put it in here. I missed her landing there and the bath darn it!! Oh well it's not like the last bath she'll every have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymguXLG_i0M After Harriet's Bath today.
Photo's for the Morning......
# 1...M15
# 2...Harriet
# 3... Harriet
# 4... Harriet Rousing her feathers
# 5... Harriet leaving
# 6- # 13 All M15
