Wednesday, February 11, 2026

2/11 PM

 1157 am Scout arrives with a new stick., looks like a corn stalk. Scout does some restorations.
1159 am Bella arrives with more bedding for the egg cup. Together they spread the bedding about. Bella starts to eat some of the leftover catfish that Scout brought to the nest earlier today. 
1205 pm Scout continues to work on the nest.
1214 pm Bella continues to eat her leftover fish or perhaps its squirrel from yesterday.
1215 pm Mating on the nest. Afterward Bella resumes eating her lunch.
1223 pm Bella has finished eating for now. Both adults are watchful.
1226 pm Bella wants to mate again; she becomes aggressive toward Scout but he is not interested; he moves to the front porch the crib rails.
1230 pm Scout exits the nest. Bella stays put.
1254 pm Scout arrives with another lovely catfish for his lady. Bella and Scout trilling back and forth, happy happy vocals.
1257 pm Bella starts to eat her second fish of the day.
107 pm Bella has had enough fish, Scout moves over to the fish he begins to eat a share for himself. Will Bella let him lets see.
108 pm Scout is eating some fish.
109 pm Bella is not so sure about sharing there is a brief exchange but Scout gets to keep eating his share of the fish.
112 pm Bella keeps a close eye on Scout and the fish but she does not interrupt or steal the fish haha. Good job Bella and Scout.
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131 pm Bella wants to mate again; she moves closer to Scout and issues her typical mating vocal. Scout backs away. A good piece of catfish remains in the nest.
133 pm Back to doing some restorations. Scout fluffs up the bed and Bella appears to be tracking something off the nest.
134 pm Bella moves to the crib rails at the front porch. Bella exits the nest.
137 pm Scout remains at the nest.
139 pm Bella is perched at one of the DCT (daycare trees).
Scout remains on the nest.
152 pm Scout exits the nest and joins Bella at the BST.
425 pm Bella exits the nest.
5:48pm Scout lands in the nest. Bella's in the attic. They're having conversation.
5:52 Bella exits attic and lands in the nest. She starts eating leftover catfish.
5:55 Scout exits the nest and flies to the BST. Bella's still eating.6:16 am Bella calls out from the attic the Scout over at the BST
411 pm - Bella is watch the deer below the nest. She is peering down watching them.
6:23 Bella chortles at Scout from the attic while he was in the nest.
 
In memory of our dear friend Jo Lennox
Please be respectful if you decide to make a comment. Any advertisement will be deleted. Thank you, Steven Chase for allowing me to continue the blog, but in a different manner than he intended. As a conversation piece, it is now for a videos and blogging thanks to the Outdoor Channel for providing us the internet access! Thank you for the National conservation training center in Shepherdstown West Virginia for providing the camera for us to watch! Judy Eddy 👋🦅❤️🥚🪹🤍


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