May 24, 2013

4:17 am Got up for a little preening


4:19 am Settles on eggs


4:19 am Back to sleep

5-24-13

6:42 am Ma flew off nest around the 3 o'clock position.

6:46am Ma returned with a smaller bird flying after her and trying to hit her head. Smaller bird made several more passes but Ma didn't really pay attention, nestled on eggs and rearranged nest material.

Edit: Apparently there is a type of Jay that flies at Ma's head whenever she goes off nest. And at some point, Pa brought Ma a vole to eat. I got this from the looduskalender forum.

From at least 8:30 am to 9:00 am Ma was calling intermittently - short staccatto calls.

She was looking up every so often and pulling her head in but maybe she is calling for Pa. There has been no response to her calls.

9:14 am Still calling every so often.

Yes, Eurasian Jay s bothering Eha from time to time. http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-eurasian-jay.html
20.09 Koit brought a frog to Eha.

20.32 Eha is tucked in and sleeping.

Thank you for the informative link on the Eurasian Jay Mia!

5-25-13
Koit came to visit Eha around 5:45 am but I did not see if he brought her anything.



Mr. Jay was trying to dive bomb poor Eha after Koit flew off. Eha was not amused.



Koit came back around 5:54 am and this time I saw him bring Eha some food. I could not tell what it was though as she had swallowed it before I could get close to the screen.



It got rather windy around 6:00 am and is still rather breezy at 9:31 am.

20.03 Eha took a short break. Eggs alone.

20.05 When she came back, so came the Jay too.

5-26-13

Stream keeps cutting out. Was only able to observe Eha in early morning light and once again around 9:00 am.

4:12 am


5:15 am



9:01 am

19.57 Eha left and returned at 19.58. Jay was not bothering her this time.

20.57 Eha left.

20.58 Eha returned.

So did the Jay too.