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STUBBS SITE LOG

05/16
11
DH
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.
05/09
DH
08:30 F incubating; M brought a thin piece of vine to the nest, the flew off to the N.
05/08
DH
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.
05/02
DH
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.
04/25
DH
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.
04/19
DH
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.
04/18
DH
10:30 M perched on snag just N of nest; F low in the nest bowl.
04/16
JR
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.
04/11
DH
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
04/04
DH
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.
03/28
DH
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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