05/16
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DH
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13:20 F bird deep in the nest bowl; M is flying high overhead with 3rd osprey. M didn't return to nest area in next 20 minutes, then it started raining heavily & F hunkered down even lower in the nest & the observer bailed out.
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05/09
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DH
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08:30 F incubating; M brought a thin piece of vine to the nest, the flew off to the N.
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05/08
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DH
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14:00 F incubating; M perched & feeding on snag just N of nest pole. 14:09 M flew to nest for food & incubation exchanges. F took remains back to the same branch M used.
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05/02
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DH
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13:50 F incubating in the nest. ~5 minutes later M flew to nest vocalizing; both birds looking up as 2 ospreys flew N->S over pond & out into Herods Cove. M followed them.
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04/25
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DH
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13:00 F settled comfortably in nest bowl while M perched in tree on west shore of pond. After ~5 minutes M flew to snag near the nest, then north over the pond & OOS.
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04/19
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DH
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09:00 F in nest bowl: M on platform perch stick. Both flushed as shoreline cleanup crew from Timberland was shuttled past the nest site to access Herods Cove shoreline. F returned immediately to nest & M perched on snag on peninsula N of the nest.
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04/18
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DH
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10:30 M perched on snag just N of nest; F low in the nest bowl.
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04/16
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JR
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A.M. F remained low in the nest as work was done on the water control structure directly below the nest. F chirped occasionally, but didn't flush with the activity-Incubating.
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04/11
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DH
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13:15 F osprey low in nest; M perched on narby snag. 13:35 3rd osprey flew over nest as M vocalized briefly & spread its wings, but didn't fly; F moved out ot the nest bowl & stood on the side of the nest. 3rd bird continued flying N out of the pond. Another osprey followed the same route ~10 minutes later, but this time M flew in pursuit of the other bird. F remained on the side of the nest
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04/04
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DH
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10:00 Both ospreys perched in separate snags just north of the nest pole. Both then flew & perched in the same snag on the east shore of the pond.
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03/28
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DH
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08:30 Both ospreys on the nest defending it against a 3rd osprey that's trying to land on the nest. Much vocalizing with all 3 participating. After ~6 minutes 3rd O flew off to the north with M from the nest in slow pursuit. F flew to nearby snag.
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