As Dad flies off, Intruder visible as he flies over top of nest.



One of the combatants



Apparently, judging from Mom's head swiveling all around, they flew all around the nest, even below on the cam side. No more cam shots though. Mom gradually relaxed so I gather Dad chased the bad guy away for now. Although Mom has continued to keep watch, she is not assuming the attack posture.

5:00pm MDT

Mom is standing on the nest rim, Dad in the bowl

Does Mom look PG to you? She seems to me to have gained quite a bit of girth in the mid section

BET, Whew - What a day on the Calgary nest! Thank you for the pictures and report.

Cam stream has been frozen all day. You could get an image and if you constantly refreshed the screen, see a bit of the activity in a herky jerky way. I did not see anything alarming nor worth the effort to record. Hopefully some one will fix the cam tomorrow. I sent three reports to the trouble shooting email address, but guess no one was home.

9:39 am,
Dad (?) on the nest. View of contraband; maybe a plastic trash bag.

12:00 to 1:00pm MDT

Cam stream is still frozen. More than 40 hours now.

I captured a few images by refreshing.

A brief encounter of the claiming type


Mom returning to nest


Mom trying to arrange the plastic bag Sure hope the wind blows it away - far far away

Sunday, May 9, 8:18pm



Congratulations to Mom and Dad Calgary - They have an egg on Mother's Day no less



Image from a few seconds earlier. Note the egg is on that @##$!@ piece of plastic

938pm MDT

Mom got up to turn - herself and the egg. She slowly made one full turn plus another quarter before she settled in

Carefully cradling


A tiny glimpse