Saturday, February 21, 2026

2/21 am


1204 Bella up preening over the egg bole.
1255 Bellas up, she back out to the egg bole to the front crib rail, PS's, 🥚 roll and resumes incubating.
12:08 Bella 🥚 roll and resumed incubation.
152am Bella repositions and 🥚 roll
155am reposition again
250am Bella repositions and 🥚 rolls.
406am Bella backs out of the egg bole. She wing stretches, preens.
408 Bella PS’s front the back crib rail. She fluffs the bedding around the egg bole. 3-PSs for the night. Bella ate good before night.
410 Bella 🥚 rolls and resumes incubating.
443 repositions and 🥚 rolls.
448 Bella repositions and settles back in.
533am Bella standing over the egg cup preening. I hope we see egg #3 today. It's calling for 1-3 “ snow tomorrow.
534 Bella 🥚 rolls, does a full turn around, egg rolls again and settles in.
550 Bella hears something and pops her head up, sounds like coyotes howling or the local dogs ,Not sure though.
618 am - Bella to the DCT for mating.
619 am - Scout returns.
6:57 Scout out
657 am - Another mating at the DCT.
703am Bella exits DCT toward NCTC building/River
7:01 Scout back
2/21/26 34°/56° F Sunny with a chance of egg #3 today or tomorrow ☀️
719 Scout repositions with 🥚 roll
741 Scout repositions with 🥚 roll.
746 Scout repositions, aerates the egg bole, e🥚rolls and shimmys back in with his egg. 💕
759 Scout calls out, maybe ready for a switch already or he sees Bella.
806 Scout exits, Bellas in the attic. Mating for the 3rd time this morning in the attic. Scout exits the attic toward NCTC Buildings/river.
807 Bella exits attic
808 Switch to Bella. Bella lands in the nest and begins incubating.
813 Bella 🥚 rolls, works on her egg bole for a possible bigger family. , repositions and resumes incubating.806 Scout exits, Bellas in the attic. Mating for the 3rd time this morning in the attic. Scout exits the attic toward NCTC Buildings/river.
837 Red shouldered hawk is back. Loud sounds in the background. Bella's watching, I'm surprised Scouts not out there getting it. He wanted to yester while he was incubating.850am Bella aerates the egg bole.
851 🥚 roll and continues making her egg bole bigger.
853 resumes incubating.
921 Bella repositions and 🥚 rolls.
922 Bella repositions again 
950 Ring Around the Rosie a 360 around the nest the song comes to mind will we go around in circles 🥚 roll
10:46 am Bella calls and Scout returns to the nest. Bella exits. Scout resumes egg duty.
1104 🥚 roll 
1119 🥚 roll and a great view of how far the  white of the tail feathers goes up the back
1137 🥚 roll 
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! Thanks to all the Hyvor  participants that make comments on the page Thank you for the National conservation training center in Shepherdstown West Virginia for providing the camera for us to watch! Judy Eddy 👋🦅❤️🥚🪹🤍

2/21 am

1204 Bella up preening over the egg bole . 1255 Bellas up, she back out to the egg bole to the front crib rail, PS's, 🥚 roll and resum...